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'''Imale''' is a settlement in [[Kenya]], located in [[Kitui County]]<ref name="1962census" /><ref name="CRA" /> in the [[Eastern Province (Kenya)|Eastern Province]].
The [[Commission on Revenue Allocation]] has identified it as a marginalised area in their Second Policy Focus, as it lies within the bottom 20% for deprivation of the 7,131 country-wide lowest-level administrative units.<ref name="CRA">{{Citation|url=https://www.cra.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CRA-37-Second-Policy-on-Marginalised-Areas-June-16th-2018.pdf|title=Second Policy on Marginalised Areas|page=42|year=2018|publisher=[[Commission on Revenue Allocation]]}}</ref>
==History==
The village had a population of 662 in the 1962 Census.<ref name="1962census">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWMUAQAAMAAJ&q=%22imale%22+%22kenya%22|title=Kenya Population Census, 1962: Tables|page=105|publisher=Directorate of Economic Planning, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning|date=1964}}</ref>
==Schools==
There is an Imale School located in [[Makueni County]], which educates 400 students and 150 boarding school students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wellawareworld.org/projects/imale-makueni-county-kenya|title=Imale, Makueni County, Kenya|date=2014|publisher=Well Aware World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://newsblaze.co.ke/full-list-of-best-performing-county-schools-in-makueni-county/ |title=Full list of best performing County schools in Makueni county |last=Team |first=News Blaze Digital |date=2019-12-06 |website=Newsblaze.co.ke |language=en-US |access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> There is another Imale school in [[Machakos County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000070972/|title= MultiChoice extends free DStv access to Kenyan schools|date=19 November 2012}}</ref>
Imale Primary School is located in [[Voo, Kenya|Voo]] in [[Kyangwithya West]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://info.mzalendo.com/projects/in/kitui-central/ |title=Projects in Kitui Central |website=info.mzalendo.com |language=en |access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A30bwb21EEEC&pg=PT69 |title=Kenya Gazette |date=2007-02-23 |pages=459 |language=en}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Populated places in Eastern Province (Kenya)]]
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