Eastern Province (Kenya)

{{Short description|Province of Kenya}}

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Eastern Province

|native_name = Mkoa wa Mashariki

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|settlement_type=Former Province

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|image_map = Eastern in Kenya.svg

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|map_caption = Location of the Former Province in Kenya.

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Kenya}}

|subdivision_type1 = No. of Counties:

|subdivision_name1 = 8

|seat_type = Capital

|seat = Embu

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|area_total_km2 = 140,698.6

|population_as_of = 2009

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|population_total = 5,668,123{{Cite web |url=http://www.knbs.or.ke/censuspopulation.php |title=Welcome to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2013-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729201945/http://www.knbs.or.ke/censuspopulation.php |archive-date=2013-07-29 |url-status=dead }}

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File:Kenya-relief-map-towns.jpg was found in the former Eastern Province (capital Embu; click map to enlarge)]]

The Eastern Province ({{langx|sw|Mashariki}}) of Kenya was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya. Its northern boundary ran along with that of Ethiopia; the North Eastern Province and Coast Province lay to the east and south; and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including Central Province, ran along its western border. The provincial capital was Embu.