Baringo County

Baringo County
Population (state) - population density	666,763 inhabitants (2019) 60 inhabitants / km²
surface	11,075.30 km²
Coordinates	0 ° 40 ′  N , 36 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 40 ′  N , 36 ° 0 ′  E
ISO 3166-2	KE-01

Baringo County (until 2010 Baringo District ) is one of 47 administrative districts in Kenya and is located in the west of the country. Its capital is Kabarnet . According to the 2019 census, 666,763 people lived on a total area of ​​11,075.3 km².

In October 2000 there - in the Tugen Hills - a Kenyan-French team of scientists found Orrorin tugenensis (nickname Millennium Man ), who lived around six million years ago and thus possibly the oldest human progenitor .

Several of the Kenyan world-class runners come from the county, including Paul Tergat .

The county became known worldwide through the small village of Mukutani as the setting for the film Nowhere in Africa .

Baringo County Personalities

• Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (1924–2020), second President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002
• Paul Tergat (* 1969) former long-distance runner and world record holder in 10,000 meters , half marathons and marathons ; Member of the IOC since 2013
• Pauline Konga (* 1970), former Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic runner-up ( 5,000 m )
• Lydia Cheromei (* 1977), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Magdaline Jepkorir Chemjor (* 1978), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Francis Kibiwott Larabal (* 1978 in Kasiela ), Kenyan long-distance runner ( half marathon , marathon )
• Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (* 1982 in Kisok near Kabarnet), Kenyan long-distance runner

See also

• Baringo Lake

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : Baringo County  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files