West Pokot 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 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 Kapenguria

Kapenguria

Kapenguria is a town lying north east of Kitale on the A1 road in Kenya. Kapenguria is capital of the West Pokot District. Kapenguria forms a municipality with an urban population of 13,000 and a total population of 56,000 ....

. The district has a population of 308,086 (1999 census) and an area of 9,064 km² http://www.statoids.com/yke.html. Pokot

Pokot

The Pokot people live in the West Pokot and Baringo Districts of Kenya and in eastern Karamoja in Uganda. They speak Pökoot, language of the Southern Nilotic language family...

 people inhabit the area.

Kengen

Kenya Electricity Generating Company

Kenya Electricity Generating Company or simply KenGen is a state-owned company, the largest power producing company in Kenya producing about 80 % of the electricity consumed in the country....

's Turkwel Hydro Power Plant

Turkwel Hydro Power Plant

The Turkwel Hydro Power Plant is Kenya's largest hydro power plant having an installed electric capacity of 106 MW.The dam, Kenya's largest, is located on the Turkwel River in NW Kenya...

 is also situated in West Pokot District. It is a power plant that produces about 105MW of power that is fed to the national grid. Communities around the power plant and the extensive districts of West Pokot and Turkana do not enjoy the benefits coming from the power plant.

Tegla Loroupe

Tegla Loroupe

Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a long-distance track and road runner, and a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights, and education....

, one of the most famous Kenyan female runners is from West Pokot.

District subdivisions

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Kapenguria Kapenguria Kapenguria is a town lying north east of Kitale on the A1 road in Kenya. Kapenguria is capital of the West Pokot District. Kapenguria forms a municipality with an urban population of 13,000 and a total population of 56,000 ....	Municipality	56,019	12,984
Chepareria	Town	8,212	901
Pokot	County	243,855	0
Total	-	308,086	13,885

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Alale	29,679	0
Chepareria	68,518	900	Chepareria
Chesegon	21,343	0
Kacheliba	20,151	0
Kapenguria	62,746	12,438	Kapenguria
Kasei	9,879	0
Kongelai	20,018	0	Kongelai
Lelan	32,931	0
Sigor	42,821	0	Sigor
Total	308,086	13,338	-

The district has three constituencies:

• Kacheliba Constituency
  Kacheliba Constituency
  Kacheliba Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies of West Pokot District. The constituency has eleven wards, all electing councillors for the Pokot County Council. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.- Members of Parliament :-...
  
  
• Kapenguria Constituency
  Kapenguria Constituency
  Kapenguria Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies of West Pokot District. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.- Members of Parliament :- Locations and wards :...
  
  
• Sigor Constituency
  Sigor Constituency
  Sigor Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies of West Pokot District. The constituency has 14 wards, all electing councillors for the Pokot County Council. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections....
  
  

External links

• West Pokot County
• Aridland.go.ke
• Reliefweb.int
• Map of the District