Baringo District

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Baringo District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kabarnet. The district has a population of 264,978 (1999 census) and an area of 8,646 km² [1].

The district is named after local Lake Baringo. It is an area of geothermal activity. Human fossils have also been found there.

[edit] District subdivisions

The district has three constituencies: Baringo Central, Baringo East and Baringo North.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Kabarnet	Municipality	24,661	9,583
Baringo	County	240,317	6,430
Total	-	264,978	16,013
* 1999 census. Source: [2]

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Bartabwa	10,815	0	Bartabwa
Barwesa	9,568	0
Kabarnet	43,283	8,891	Kabarnet
Kabartonjo	33,470	748	Kabartonjo
Kipsaraman	18,427	0
Kollowa	14,990	0	Kollowa
Marigat	26,923	4,428	Marigat
Mochongoi	11,091	0
Mukutani	7,520	0	Mukutani
Nginyang	29,164	0	Nginyang
Sacho	11,856	0	Sacho
Salawa	8,258	0
Tangulbei	19,505	29	Tangulbei
Tenges	10,302	0	Tenges
Total	264,978	14,096	-
* 1999 census. Sources: [3], [4],

[edit] External links

• http://www.aridland.go.ke/districts.asp?DistrictID=8
• http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6TNC5G?OpenDocument
• Map of the District