Laikipia County

Laikipia County
Population (state) - population density	518,560 pop. (2019) 60 pop / km²
surface	8,696.1 km²
Coordinates	0 ° 15 ′  N , 37 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 15 ′  N , 37 ° 0 ′  E
ISO 3166-2	KE-20

Laikipia County (until 2010 Laikipia District ) is a county in central Kenya . The county's capital is Nanyuki . In 2019, the county lived 518,560 people on 8,696.1 km². Laikipia is located northwest of Mount Kenya , about 1700-2000 m above sea level, in the central Kenyan highlands. The people live from raising cattle (cattle, goats and sheep), often as nomads , and from growing maize, grain and vegetables. Laikipia has suffered multiple periods of drought since the mid-1990s, which have exacerbated the poverty of the people living there. Due to these periods of drought, many people settled in the few fertile places. The existing natural resources are very stressed, especially since there is hardly any sustainable agriculture.

The county has the greatest biodiversity in terms of mammals in Kenya.

There were 302 primary and 87 secondary schools in the county in 2009 . Since 1974 the military base of the Kenya Air Force has been located in the county capital Nanyuki.

structure

The county is divided into councils and divisions. There are two constituencies, Lakipia East and Laikipia West.

Councils
Seat of the authority	Type	Population (1999)
Nanyuki	local community	39,838
Nyahururu	local community	32,120
Rumuruti	city	31,649
Laikipia	county	218,580
total	-	322.187

Divisions
division	Population (1999)	Capital
Central	77,478	Nanyuki
Lamuria	38,517	Lamuria
Mukogondo	13,176
Ngarua	65,545	Kinamba
Nyahururu	37,412	Nyahururu
Olmoran	11,069
Rumuruti	78,894	Rumuruti
total	322.187	-

Personalities

• Julius Kariuki (* 1961), Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic champion ( 1988 Olympic Summer Games , gold in the 3000 meter obstacle course )
• John Ngugi Kamau (* 1962), Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic champion ( 5000 m , gold in Seoul )
• Erick Wainaina (* 1973), Kenyan long-distance runner and three-time Olympic participant ( marathon , bronze in Atlanta , silver in Sydney )
• Naomi Wanjiku Mugo (* 1977), Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic participant (Atlanta, Sidney, 1500 m )
• Caroline Rotich (* 1984), long-distance runner
• Martin Irungu Mathathi (* 1985), Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic participant ( 10,000 m )
• Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (1986-2011), Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic champion ( marathon , gold in Beijing )
• Bedan Karoki Muchiri (* 1990), Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic participant ( 10,000 m )
• Alice Aprot (* 1994), Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic participant (4th place in Rio de Janeiro over 10,000 m )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Laikipia Elephant Project ( Memento from February 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 14, 2010.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Katrin Rösner, Beatrice Knerr: The Laikipia region: Development of rural areas in Kenya through international ecotourism , here online (pdf; 45 kB), accessed on February 14, 2010.
4. ↑ HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE KENYA AIR FORCE: PRE-INDEPENDENCE PERIOD ( Memento from August 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 14, 2010.
5. ↑ Statistics on cck.go.ke (PDF) ( Memento from May 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Laikipia County  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files