Baringo District is an administrative district

Districts of Kenya

The provinces of Kenya are subdivided into number of districts .- List of districts of Kenya :Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there are 46 legal districts in Kenya :Coast Province:...

 in the Rift Valley Province

Rift Valley Province, Kenya

Rift Valley Province of Kenya, bordering Uganda, is one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi.Rift Valley Province is the largest and one of the most economically important provinces in Kenya. It is dominated by the Great Rift Valley which passes through it and gives the...

 of Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. Its capital town is Kabarnet

Kabarnet

Kabarnet is a town in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The town has an urban population of 9,583 and a total population of 24,661 - Geography :...

. The district has a population of 264,978 (1999 census) and an area of 8,646 km² http://www.statoids.com/yke.html.

The district is named after local Lake Baringo

Lake Baringo

Lake Baringo is, after Lake Turkana, the most northern of the Great Rift Valley lakes of Kenya, with a surface area of about and an elevation of about . The lake is fed by several rivers, El Molo, Perkerra and Ol Arabel, and has no obvious outlet; the waters are assumed to seep through lake...

. It is an area of geothermal activity. Human fossil

Fossil

Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...

s have also been found there.

Former Kenya president Daniel arap Moi

Daniel arap Moi

Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002.Daniel arap Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as 'Nyayo', a Swahili word for 'footsteps'...

 lives in Baringo District. Some of Kenya's famous runners come from the district, most notably Paul Tergat

Paul Tergat

Paul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan professional long distance runner. He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time.Now concentrating exclusively on the marathon, Tergat won many...

. Tergat started the Baringo Half Marathon

Baringo Half Marathon

The Baringo Half Marathon is an annual road running competition for men and women over the half marathon distance which takes place every December in Baringo, Kenya...

 in the area in 2004, and it has been sponsored by Safaricom

Safaricom

Safaricom, Ltd is a leading mobile network operator in Kenya. It was formed in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya. In May 2000, Vodafone group Plc of the United Kingdom, the world's largest telecommunication company, acquired a 40% stake and management responsibility for the...

 and featured athletes such as World Championship medallist Mubarak Hassan Shami

Mubarak Hassan Shami

Mubarak Hassan Shami is a Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner. He specializes in half marathon and marathon races.He won the Baringo Half Marathon, a race inaugurated by Paul Tergat, in 2005 and 2006, becoming the first runner to defend the title....

.

District subdivisions

The district has three constituencies: Baringo Central

Baringo Central Constituency

Baringo Central Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies in Baringo District, Rift Valley Province. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections....

, Baringo East

Baringo East Constituency

Baringo East Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies in Baringo District, Rift Valley Province. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections. The constituency has nine wards, all electing councillors for the Baringo County Council.- Members...

 and Baringo North

Baringo North Constituency

Baringo North Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies in Baringo District, Rift Valley Province. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections...

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Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Kabarnet Kabarnet Kabarnet is a town in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The town has an urban population of 9,583 and a total population of 24,661 - Geography :...	Municipality	24,661	9,583
Baringo	County	240,317	6,430
Total	-	264,978	16,013

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Bartabwa	10,815	0	Bartabwa
Barwesa	9,568	0
Kabarnet	43,283	8,891	Kabarnet Kabarnet Kabarnet is a town in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The town has an urban population of 9,583 and a total population of 24,661 - Geography :...
Kabartonjo	33,470	748	Kabartonjo Kabartonjo Kabartonjo is the district headquarters of Baringo North District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya.Kabartonjo has a population of about 2,000. Its residents are mainly of the Arror dialect of the Tugen sub-tribe in the Kalenjin cluster. Kabartonjo was founded in the early 20th century by Scottish...
Kipsaraman	18,427	0
Kollowa	14,990	0	Kollowa
Marigat	26,923	4,428	Marigat Marigat Marigat is a settlement in Kenya's Rift Valley Province.Marigat is a fast growing town located in the lowlands of Baringo district. Its growth is supported by the Perkerra irrigation scheme where onions, pepper, papaws and maize, among other crops, are grown. Marigat town is about 20 km from...
Mochongoi	11,091	0
Mukutani	7,520	0	Mukutani
Nginyang	29,164	0	Nginyang
Sacho	11,856	0	Sacho Sacho Sacho is a township in Baringo District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It is located along Kabarnet - Eldama Ravine road 24 kilometres south of Kabarnet and 6 kilometres north of Tenges....
Salawa	8,258	0
Tangulbei	19,505	29	Tangulbei
Tenges	10,302	0	Tenges
Total	264,978	14,096	-

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
• Baring County