Kaptagat
Kaptagat is a settlement in Uasin Gishu County, in the southwestern part of Kenya. This part of the country, where the two counties of Uasin Gishu and Elgeyo Marakwet County share a border, is used by the majority of Kenyan professional long-distance runners to train for professional competition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaptarakwa and Chepkorio.
Kaptarakwa
Village
Kapatarakwa is a village in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. Kaptarakwa is located about 37 km from the town of Eldoret in the Kenyan highlands. Kaptarakwa is about 8,000 feet above sea level. Kaptarakwa is situated 7 km northeast of Kaptagat.
Chepkorio
Village
Chepkorio is a village in Kenya. It is located in Keiyo South Constituency, Elgeyo-Marakwet County. It lies on the B54 highway, to the northwest of Kaptagat. Chepkorio is situated 8 km southeast of Kaptagat.
Kaptagat
- Type: Village
- Description: place in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Marakwet District, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.42898° or 0° 25′ 44″ northLongitude
35.4809° or 35° 28′ 51″ eastElevation
2,448 metres (8,031 feet)Open location code
6GGQCFHJ+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6881256546OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Swedish—“Kaptagat” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Каптагат”
- Catalan: “Kaptagat”
- Chinese: “卡普塔加特”
- Danish: “Kaptagat”
- Dutch: “Kaptagat”
- French: “Kaptagat”
- German: “Kaptagat”
- Hebrew: “קפטגאט”
- Irish: “Kaptagat”
- Moroccan Arabic: “كاپطاڭات”
- Russian: “Каптагат”
- Slovenian: “Kaptagat”
- Spanish: “Kaptagat”
- Swahili: “Kaptagat, Kenya”
- Swahili: “Kaptagat”
- Swedish: “Kaptagat”
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