Geopolitical/cultural bloc of counties, not an official administrative unit · consists of 10 Kenyan counties: Nyeri, Meru, Kirinyaga, Embu, Tharaka-Nithi, Kiambu, Murang'a, Laikipia, Nyandarua, Nakuru
coffee is a cash crop of Meru and Nyeri counties in the region's lower agricultural zone