Eldama Ravine

Eldama Ravine
Basic data
county	Baringo County
Residents	32,200 pop.
height	2121  m
Coordinates	0 ° 3 '  N , 35 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 0 ° 3 '  N , 35 ° 43'  E
Eldama Ravine

Eldama Ravine is a town of about 32,000 people in Baringo County , Kenya .

The city was founded in 1887. During the British colonial times the city was called Shimoni. In 1992 the city was named a Town council . In 1979 there were almost 4,000 people in Eldama Ravine, in 1999 the population had increased to 10,500, and in 2008 the population was estimated at over 32,000.

Sports

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Since 2014, the city of Eldama Ravine has organized the Chemususu Dam Half Marathon every September . In addition to a half marathon on a hilly route, there is also a 10 km road run.

sons and daughters of the town

• Jonah Birir (* 1971), middle distance runner
• Matthew Kiprotich Birir (* 1972), middle distance runner
• Eunice Jepkorir Kertich (* 1982), long-distance and obstacle runner

Web links

• Data on Eldama Ravine at Falling Rain Genomics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Why Eldama Ravine is a sleeping giant . Article in The Standard on October 15, 2008, accessed February 5, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Why Eldama Ravine is a sleeping giant  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  Article in The Standard on October 15, 2008, accessed February 5, 2010.
3. ^ William Robert Ochieng, Robert M. Maxon: An economic history of Kenya ; 1992, ISBN 9966-46-963-X ; here online at books.google, accessed on February 5, 2010.
4. ↑ citypopulation.de , accessed on February 5, 2010