Marakwet District is a defunct administrative district in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya . Its capital town was Kapsowar . The district had a population of 140, 629 people in the 1999 Census. Local people are predominantly of the Marakwet tribe.
12-435: The district was created in 1994 when Elgeyo-Marakwet District was split into Marakwet and Keiyo Districts in 1994. In 2010, the two districts were joined again to form Elgeyo-Marakwet County . Many famous Kenyan runners come from Marakwet, most notably Moses Kiptanui , Evans Rutto , Reuben Kosgei , Ezekiel Kemboi and Richard Chelimo . The district has only one local authority, Marakwet County Council. Its population
24-704: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Elgeyo-Marakwet District Elgeyo-Marakwet District , also referred to as Tambach District during the colonial period, was one of the districts of Kenya , located in the Rift Valley Province . Its capital was Tambach. In 1902, the region that would later form the Elgeyo-Marakwet District was transferred from Uganda to the East Africa Protectorate . The Elgeyo and Marakwet areas were administered from
36-556: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rift Valley Province Rift Valley Province ( Swahili : Mkoa wa Bonde la Ufa ) of Kenya , bordering Uganda , was one of Kenya's eight provinces , before the 2013 Kenyan general election . Rift Valley Province was the largest and one of the most economically important provinces in Kenya . It was dominated by the Kenya Rift Valley which passes through it and gave
48-645: Is thus the same as that of the district (140,629). The council and district have no population classified as urban (1999 census ). The Marakwet district headquarters was located at the hilly town of Kapsowar . Other rural centres/towns are Chebiemit , Kapcherop , Cheptongei , Arroor , Chesongoch , Chesoi , Kipsaiya , Sisiya , Kapyego , Tot , Sangach , Kapchebau , Kakimiti , Meuno , Kamogo , Tirap , and Embobut Mosop . The district had two constituencies: 0°56′54″N 35°30′31″E / 0.94833°N 35.50861°E / 0.94833; 35.50861 This Rift Valley Province location article
60-596: The Anza trough during the Late Paleozoic to Early Tertiary times through extension tectonics during the major Gondwanaland breakup. In the Miocene Period, the region underwent intermittent uplift and subsidence along major boundary faults accompanied by a large outpouring of lava flows. The Anza trough intersects the modern rift valley in the area of Lake Turkana. Rifting still continues today; primarily in
72-622: The Eldama Ravine District of the Naivasha Province. The two regions were transferred to Uasin Gishu District in two phases; Elgeyo in 1913 and Marakwet in 1916. In 1920, they both achieved district status and were separate districts until 1926 when they were merged. In 1934, after a series of boundary alterations over the years, Naivasha Province was absorbed into the Rift Valley Province . Elgeyo-Marakwet
84-465: The Rift Valley region is, however, far from fully exploited, though the current growth in population and improved education may change this in a near future. People in the province are still mostly rural, but urbanisation is gradually increasing; new cities and towns contain the rural-urban migration and, provided the right policies are instituted, the Rift Valley province will be able to emerge as
96-643: The area has other important geographic features such as: the extinct volcanoes Mount Longonot and Mount Suswa and Lake Baringo , Lake Bogoria , Lake Magadi , Lake Nakuru , Lake Naivasha , the Suguta Valley , and Lake Turkana . A large part of Kenya is underlain by Precambrian basement, while the Kenya rift basin (a typical extensional basin) hosts Tertiary volcanics that cover Mesozoic sediments (Recently these sediments have been considered for oil exploration). The sedimentary basins evolved along
108-478: The north, where active volcanoes are more plentiful. The highlands provide adequate rainfall for farming and agriculture which is the economic base of the residents of the Rift Valley. Tea from the highlands in the Kericho district enjoys a worldwide reputation, but horticulture is an important part of the district's economy and cattle raising is also practised to a large extent. The full economic potential of
120-400: The province its name. According to the 2009 Census, the former province covered an area of 182,505.1 square kilometres (45,098,000 acres; 70,465.6 sq mi) and would have had a population of 10,006,805, making it the largest and most populous province in the country. The bulk of the provincial population inhabited a strip between former Nairobi and Nyanza Province . The capital was
132-565: The town of Nakuru . As of March 2013 after the Kenyan general election, 2013 , the Province was partitioned into counties and Rift Valley Province was dissolved. The Great Rift Valley runs south through Kenya from Lake Turkana in the north and has several unique geographical features, including the Elgeyo escarpment which is a popular tourist attraction. Apart from the Rift Valley itself,
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#1732776061052144-669: Was one of the forty districts of Kenya in 1963. In 1994, Elgeyo-Marakwet District was split into Marakwet and Keiyo districts. In the 2009 census, the two districts had a total population of 369,998. In 2010, as per the new constitution of Kenya , new counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that existed as of 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Elgeyo-Marakwet County . The county became effective in March 2013. 0°56′54″N 35°30′31″E / 0.94833°N 35.50861°E / 0.94833; 35.50861 This Rift Valley Province location article
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