Bomet County

Bomet County
Bomet County
County
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Bomet County in Kenya
Country	Kenya
Formed	4 March 2013
Capital and largest town	Bomet
Other towns	Sotik
Government
• Governor	Isaac K. Ruto
Area
• Total	1,630.0 km2 (629.3 sq mi)
Elevation	1,962 m (6,437 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	724,186
• Density	440/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Website	www.bomet.go.ke

County Government of Bomet is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya it was created from the former Kericho district through Kenya gazette supplement no. 53 of 1992. It has a population of 724,186 and an area of 1,630.0 km².^[1]

Local Authorities

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Bomet	Municipality	42,024	4,426
Bomet County	County	340,770	244
Total	-	382,794	4,670
* 1999 census. Source:^[2]

Administrative Units and area by Sub-County/Constituency
Sub-County (Constituency)	Wards	Area In km sq.	No. of locations	No. of Sub-locations
Bomet Central	Silibwet, Singorwet, Ndarawetta, Chesoen & Mutarakwa	266	8	23
Bomet East	Longisa, Kembu, Chemaner, Merigi & Kipreres	311.3	10	27
Chepalungu	Sigor, Kongasis, Chebunyo, Nyongores & Siongiroi	535.8	15	42
Sotik	Ndanai/Abosi, Kipsonoi, Kapletundo, Chemagel & Manaret/Rongena	479.2	17	36
Konoin	Kimulot, Mogogosiek, Boito, Embomos & Chepchabas	445.1	16	37
	Total	2037	67	176

Electoral constituencies

The county has five electoral constituencies:

Services/Urbanisation

Stats for Bomet County
County	Stats for the County (Percent)
Urbanisation	13.8
Literacy	63.8
Attending School (15-18 Yrs)	88.6
Paved Roads	5.4
Good Roads	39.6
Electricity Access	4.3
Poverty Rate	46.5
Stats for the County

Source: USAid Kenya

Secondary Schools

Tenwek Boys High
Longisa Boys High School
Moi Siongiroi Girls High School
Kabungut Boys High
Ndaraweta Girls secondary School
Siwot Secodary School
Kiptobit Secondary School
Kaplong boys high school

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population Distribution by Sex, Number of Households, Area and Density by Counties". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^ http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf

External links

[KNBS-1] "Population Distribution by Sex, Number of Households, Area and Density by Counties". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

[2] ttp://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf

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