Narok (Kenya)
| Narok | |||
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| county | Narok County | ||
| Residents | 24.091 pop. | ||
| height | 1827 m | ||
| Telephone code | 050 | ||
| Coordinates | 1 ° 5 ′ S , 35 ° 52 ′ E | ||
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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
- Yusuf Saad Kamel (* 1983), middle distance runner
- Elijah Motonei Manangoi (* 1993), middle distance runner
- Alphas Kishoyian (* 1994), sprinter
- Edward Pingua Zakayo (* 2001), long-distance runner
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Entry on the homepage of the National Museums of Kenya ( Memento of November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 5, 2009.
