Narok District is an administrative district in Kenya. The Narok District is located in the Rift Valley Province, and has a population of 365,750. Its capital town is Narok.
Along with Kisii District, Narok District has been identified as having the highest level of practice of female genital cutting in the country, despite the practice being outlawed in 2001. [1]
In 1994, Trans Mara District was split from Narok District.
District subdivisions
The district has two constituencies:
| Local authorities (councils) | |||
| Authority | Type | Population* | Urban pop.* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narok | Town | 41,092 | 24,091 |
| Narok County | County | 324,658 | 2,839 |
| Total | - | 365,750 | 26,930 |
| * 1999 census. Source: [1] | |||
| Administrative divisions | |||||
| Division | Population* | Urban population* |
population density |
Area (km²) | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | 41,162 | 22,488 | 44 | 935,5 | Narok |
| Loita | 15,557 | 0 | 9 | 1728,6 | |
| Mara | 41,964 | 0 | 9 | 4662,7 | |
| Mau | 77,686 | 1,898 | 30 | 2589,5 | |
| Mulot | 68,432 | 0 | 95 | 720,3 | |
| Olokurto | 44,326 | 837 | 36 | 1231,3 | |
| Ololulunga | 53,828 | 0 | 36 | 1495,2 | Ololulungu |
| Osupuko | 22,795 | 0 | 12 | 1899,6 | |
| Total | 365,750 | 25,233 | 24 (average) | 15,263 | - |
| * 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3], | |||||
Notes
- ^ BBC News, "Kenyan Girls Flee Circumcision" (on circumcision), BBC News - In Pictures, 2003, webpage: BBC-News-In-Pictures-Kenya.
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