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Nandi District

Coordinates: 0°10′00″N 35°09′00″E / 0.166667°N 35.15°E / 0.166667; 35.15
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Nandi District was an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kapsabet.[1]

Following the transfer of some of territory from Uganda to British East Africa, Nandi District was a subdivision of Kisumu Province. In 1929, it was when it was transferred to the newly-created Nzoia Province. In 1934, the district was transferred to Rift Valley Province after the latter absorbed Nzoia Province.[2] In 1963, Nandi District was one of the forty districts of Kenya.[3]

In 2005, Nandi District was eliminated after it was split to form Nandi North and Nandi South, and later Nandi Central, Nandi East and Tindret. All the four districts had a combined population of 752,965.[4]

As per the new law new counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that existed as at 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Nandi County.[citation needed]

The topography of the former district is dominated by the Nandi Hills. The local people are mostly of the Nandi tribe.[citation needed]

Local authorities

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Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
Kapsabet Municipality 64,830 17,918
Nandi Hills Town 63,134 3,575
Nandi county County 450,787 3,156
* 1999 census. Source: [1]

Administrative divisions

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Division Population* Urban pop.* Headquarters
Aldai 96,220 200 Kobujoi
Kabiyet 43,367 751 Kabiyet
Kapsabet 125,115 16,942 Kapsabet
Kaptumo 26,782 150 Kaptumo
Kilibwoni 62,692 116 Kilibwoni
Kipkaren 52,753 0
Kosirai 35,383 957
Nandi Hills 77,514 3499 Nandi Hills
Tinderet 58,925 0
* 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3],

Constituencies

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The district had four constituencies:

References

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  1. ^ "Kenya Districts". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  2. ^ "description of the districts and provinces". Syracuse University. p. 5. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Kenya Gazette dated 2nd April, 1963" (PDF). Gazettes.Africa. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ^ "The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Amazonaws. p. 164. Retrieved 2 October 2023.


0°10′00″N 35°09′00″E / 0.166667°N 35.15°E / 0.166667; 35.15