Uasin Gishu District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in the Rift Valley Province. The city of Eldoret is its capital, administrative center and commercial center.
The Uasin Gishu District has a cool and temperate climate and is located on a plateau. It borders the Trans-Nzoia District.
In 1908, fifty eight families of Afrikaans-speaking South Africans settlers "trekked" to the Uashin Gishu plateau from Nakuru after a journey from South Africa by sea and by rail from Mombasa. They were followed by sixty more families in 1911 and more later.[1] The town of Eldoret was established in the midst of the farms they created.
There is a large population of white immigrants from England, Scotland, South Africa and Zimbabwe, who have come to settle and farm.
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Local authorities
| Authority | Type | Population* | Urban pop.* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldoret | Municipality | 193,830 | 167,016 |
| Burnt Forest | Town | 30,557 | 3,180 |
| Wareng | County | 398,318 | 15,271 |
| * 1999 census. Source: [1] | |||
Administrative divisions
| Division | Population* | Urban pop.* | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ainabkoi | 77,297 | 18,799 | Ainabkoi |
| Kapsaret | 93,162 | 55,056 | |
| Kesses | 84,894 | 0 | |
| Moiben | 92,717 | 6,172 | Chepkoilel (Moiben) |
| Soy | 165,127 | 46,338 | Eldoret |
| Turbo | 109,508 | 46,900 | Turbo |
| * 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3], | |||
Constituencies
The district has three constituencies:
External links
References
- ^ Red strangers: the white tribe of Kenya, ISBN 1857252063, by Christine Stephanie Nicholls
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