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.

Former Kenya president Daniel arap Moi lives in Baringo District. Some of Kenya's famous runners come from the district, most notably Paul Tergat. Tergat started the Baringo Half Marathon in the area in 2004,^[1] and it has been sponsored by Safaricom and featured athletes such as World Championship medallist Mubarak Hassan Shami.^[2]

[edit] District subdivisions

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

Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Local authorities (councils)

Kabarnet	Municipality	24,661	9,583
Baringo	County	240,317	6,430
Total	-	264,978	16,013
* 1999 census. Source: [2]

Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Administrative divisions

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],