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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
densityArea (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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