Narok County
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| Narok County | |
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| County | |
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 Location in Kenya |
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| Country |  Kenya |
| Formed | March 4th 2013 |
| Capital | Narok |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Samwel Tunai |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17,921.2 km2 (6,919.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 850,920 [1] |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
| Website | narok.go.ke |
Narok County is a county in Kenya. Narok County has a population of 850,920.[2] Its capital and largest town is Narok. the governor of Narok county is Samwel Kuntai Ole Tunai.
Along with Kisii County, Narok County has been identified as having the highest level of practice of female genital cutting in the country, despite the practice being outlawed in 2001.[3]
In 1994, Trans Mara District was split from Narok District.
County subdivisions
The County has five constituencies:
- Narok North Constituency
- Narok South Constituency
- Narok East Constituency
- Narok West Constituency
- Emurua Dikirr Constituency
- Kilgoris Constituency
| Local authorities (councils) | |||
| Authority | Type | Population* | Urban pop.* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narok | Town | 41,092 | 24,091 |
| Narok County | County | 324,658 | 2,839 |
| Total | - | 365,750 | 26,930 |
| * 1999 census. Source: [1] | |||
| Administrative divisions | |||||
| Division | Population* | Urban population* |
population density |
Area (km²) | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | 41,162 | 22,488 | 44 | 935,5 | Narok |
| Loita | 15,557 | 0 | 9 | 1728,6 | |
| Mara | 41,964 | 0 | 9 | 4662,7 | |
| Mau | 77,686 | 1,898 | 30 | 2589,5 | |
| Mulot | 68,432 | 0 | 95 | 720,3 | |
| Olokurto | 44,326 | 837 | 36 | 1231,3 | |
| Ololulunga | 53,828 | 0 | 36 | 1495,2 | Ololulungu |
| Osupuko | 22,795 | 0 | 12 | 1899,6 | |
| Total | 365,750 | 25,233 | 24 (average) | 15,263 | - |
| * 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3], | |||||
Villages and settlements
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Narok County. |
References
- ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/36672705/Kenya-Census-2009
- ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/36672705/Kenya-Census-2009
- ↑ BBC News, "Kenyan Girls Flee Circumcision" (on circumcision), BBC News - In Pictures, 2003, webpage: BBC-News-In-Pictures-Kenya.
