Narok County

Not to be confused with Narok.
Narok County
County

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Location in Kenya
Coordinates: 1°15′S 35°37′E / 1.250°S 35.617°E / -1.250; 35.617Coordinates: 1°15′S 35°37′E / 1.250°S 35.617°E / -1.250; 35.617
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 Samuel Kuntai Ole Tunai.

Kenya was divided into eight provinces, prior to 2013, which were subdivided into 47 counties. It is situated in the southern parts of the Rift Valley Province.

The main cash crop grown in Narok County is wheat.

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 six constituencies:

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:
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: , ,

Narok County Wards

There are thirty Members of County Assembly (MCAs) representing the thirty wards at Narok County Assembly. These wards were formed in 2010 by the Boundaries Review Commission. There are six wards in Narok North Constituency, Narok South Constituency and Kilgoris Constituency respectively.

Narok West Constituency, Emurua Dikirr Constituency and Narok East Constituency each have four county wards[4]

  2. Narok Town
  3. Olpusimoru
  4. Olokurto
  5. Nkareta
  6. Olorropil
  7. Melili
  9. Majimoto/ Narosura
  10. Ololulung’a
  11. Melelo
  12. Loita
  13. Sogoo
  14. Sagamian
  16. Central
  17. Keyian
  18. Angata Barikoi
  19. Shankoe
  20. Kimintet
  21. Lolgorian
  23. Ilmotiok
  24. Mara
  25. Siana
  26. Naikara
  28. Ilkerin
  29. Olomasani
  30. Mogondo
  31. Kapsasian
  33. Mosiro
  34. Ildamat
  35. Keekonyokie
  36. Suswa

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Narok County.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/36672705/Kenya-Census-2009
  2. ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/36672705/Kenya-Census-2009
  3. ↑ BBC News, "Kenyan Girls Flee Circumcision" (on circumcision), BBC News - In Pictures, 2003, webpage: BBC-News-In-Pictures-Kenya.
  4. ↑ "Narok County Wards and Constituencies". http://maasaimedia.com. Retrieved 3 May 2016. External link in |website= (help)
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