Narok District was an administrative district in Kenya. The District, located in the Rift Valley Province, and had a population of 365,750. Its capital town was Narok.
Along with Kisii District, Narok District had been identified as having the highest level of practice of female genital mutilation in the country, despite the practice being outlawed in 2001. BBC News, "Kenyan Girls Flee Circumcision" (on circumcision), BBC News - In Pictures, 2003, webpage: BBC-News-In-Pictures-Kenya.
Narok was created prior to independence by the colonial government from the Maasai Region. In 1994, Trans Mara District was split from Narok District. In 2013, Trans Mara was reconstituted to form Narok County.
District subdivisions
The district had two constituencies: Narok North Constituency Narok South Constituency
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
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 -
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