Bomet County
Bomet County | |
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Population (state) - population density |
875,689 population (2019) 438 population / km² |
surface | 1,997.9 km² |
Coordinates | 0 ° 48 ′ S , 35 ° 14 ′ E |
ISO 3166-2 | KE-02 |
Bomet County (until 2010 Bomet District ) is a county in Kenya . The county capital is Bomet . In 2019, 875,689 people lived in the county on 1997.9 km². The county borders the Mau Forest , the largest mountain forest in East Africa. In Bomet County, tea and pyrethrum are mainly grown in addition to potatoes .
structure
The county is divided into councils and divisions. There are four constituencies: Bomet, Chepalungu, Konoin, Buret and Sotik. Under the 2010 constitution , the districts of Bomet, Buret and Sotik were merged under the new name of Bomet County .
Councils | |||
Seat of the authority | Type | Population (1999) | |
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Bomet | local community | 42,024 | |
Bomet County | county | 340.770 | |
total | - | 382.794 |
Divisions | ||
division | Population (1999) | Capital |
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Bomet Central | 120,759 | Bomet |
Longisa | 75,550 | Longisa |
Ndanai | 37,910 | Ndanai |
Sigor | 43,583 | Sigor |
Siongiroi | 61.116 | |
Sotic | 41,609 | |
Tinet Forest | 2.234 | |
total | 382.794 | - |
Web links
Commons : Bomet County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
- Kalenjin Online ( Memento from February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 .
- ↑ message on statehousekenya.go.ke from May 12, 2007 ( Memento of 27 September 2013 Internet Archive ), accessed on 12 February, 2010.
- ^ County Data Sheet - Bomet. (No longer available online.) Opendata.go.ke, archived from the original on May 11, 2013 ; accessed on March 3, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Statistics on cck.go.ke ( memento from March 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 12, 2010.