Narok District
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Narok 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 Kenya. The Narok District is located in the Rift Valley Province, and has a population of 365,750. Its capital town is Narok
Narok
Narok is an town west of Nairobi that supports Kenya's economy in south-west Kenya, along the Great Rift Valley. Narok is the district capital of the Narok County and stands as the major centre of commerce in the district. Narok has a population of around 40,000 people, mostly Maasai...

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Along with Kisii District
Kisii District
Kisii District is a district in the Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town is Kisii. The district is inhabited mostly by the Gusii people.- Subdivisions :The County has 4 electoral Constituencies:*Bonchari Constituency...

, Narok District has been identified as having the highest level of practice of female genital cutting
Female genital cutting
Female genital mutilation , also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is defined by the World Health Organization as "all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons."FGM...

 in the country, despite the practice being outlawed in 2001.
In 1994, Trans Mara District
Trans Mara District
Trans Mara District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kilgoris. The district has a population of 170,591 and an area of 2,846 km²...

 was split from Narok District.

District subdivisions

The district has two constituencies:
  • Narok North Constituency
    Narok North Constituency
    Narok North is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of two constituencies of Narok District. The constituency was established for the 1969 elections.- Members of Parliament :- Locations and wards :...

  • Narok South Constituency
    Narok South Constituency
    Narok South is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of two constituencies of Narok District. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections. The constituency has 16 wards, all electing councillors for the Narok County Council....


Local authorities (councils)
Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
Narok
Narok
Narok is an town west of Nairobi that supports Kenya's economy in south-west Kenya, along the Great Rift Valley. Narok is the district capital of the Narok County and stands as the major centre of commerce in the district. Narok has a population of around 40,000 people, mostly Maasai...

Town 41,092 24,091
Narok County County 324,658 2,839
Total - 365,750 26,930

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 -
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