Narok (Kenya)

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Narok
Basic data
county Narok County
Residents 24.091 pop.
height 1827  m
Telephone code 050
Coordinates 1 ° 5 ′  S , 35 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 1 ° 5 ′  S , 35 ° 52 ′  E
Narok (Kenya)
Narok
Narok

Narok is the capital of the eponymous county in Kenya with almost 25,000 inhabitants. Narok lies on the East African Rift Valley .

Infrastructure

Narok has a bus station, several banks, schools and a hospital. Narok University College in Narok was formerly part of Moi University in Eldoret . Since 2013 it has been independent under the name Maasai Mara University .

Culture

The Maa Museum offers exhibits on the Maasai culture and their Maa language in the exhibition housed in the former town hall . The Maa Museum is part of the National Museums of Kenya .

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. Kenya: Amala River Narok road Final report on the construction of a tar road between Amala and Narok, KfW Bankengruppe (pdf), accessed on December 5, 2009.
  2. Narok University College - Homepage of Moi University ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 5, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mu.ac.ke
  3. Entry on the homepage of the National Museums of Kenya ( Memento of November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 5, 2009.