Place:Rift Valley, Kenya

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NameRift Valley
Alt namesRift Valleysource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates0.5°N 36.0°E
Located inKenya
Contained Places
District
Nakuru
Trans-Nzoia
Uasin Gishu
General region
Turkana
Inhabited place
Archers Post
Bakitabu
Baragoi
Don dol
Gilgil
Kabartonjo
Kajiado
Kakuma
Kapedo
Kapenguria
Kapsabet
Kericho
Konza
Kuchelebai
Leseru
Lodwar
Logumukum
Lokichar
Lokichokio
Lokitaung
Lumbwa
Magadi
Maralal
Mukutan
Naivasha
Namanga
Namuruputh
Nanyuki
Narok
Ngong
Ngorengore
Nyahururu
Rongai
Rumuruti
Solai
Sotik
South Horr
Tangulbei
Todenyang
Wamba
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Rift Valley Province of Kenya, bordering Uganda, was one of Kenya's eight provinces, before the Kenyan general election, 2013. 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 gives the province its name. According to the 2009 Census, the former province covered an area of 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 the town of Nakuru.

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