East Africa
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Nandi

Kapsabet

Kapsabet is a town in . It is the capital of and is located 40 kilometres southwest of on the way to Chavakali. The name Kapsabet comes from "Kap"- 'belong to/area of' and "sabit" or "sobet" – 'live' and has come to mean 'a place of life' though external influences and documentation refer it as Kapsabet.
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  • Type: Town with 42,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Kenya
  • Also known as: “Nandi”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabungwa.

Village
is a settlement in 's Rift Valley Province. is situated 6 km east of Kapsabet.

Kapsabet

Latitude
0.2005° or 0° 12′ 2″ north
Longitude
35.10115° or 35° 6′ 4″ east
Population
42,000
Elevation
1,998 metres (6,555 feet)
Open location code
6GGQ6422+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44998138
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
194038
Wiki­data ID
Q1323405
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zulu—“Kapsabet” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Kapsabet”
  • Catalan: “Kapsabet”
  • Cebuano: “Kapsabet”
  • Chinese: “卡普薩貝特”
  • Danish: “Kapsabet”
  • Dutch: “Kapsabet”
  • Estonian: “Kapsabet”
  • Finnish: “Kapsabet”
  • French: “Kapsabet”
  • German: “Kapsabet”
  • Hebrew: “קפסאבט”
  • Italian: “Kapsabet”
  • Japanese: “カプサベット”
  • Japanese: “カプサべト”
  • Japanese: “カプサベト”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapsabet”
  • Norwegian: “Kapsabet”
  • Persian: “کاپسابت”
  • Polish: “Kapsabet”
  • Russian: “Капсабет”
  • Silesian: “Kapsabet”
  • Slovenian: “Kapsabet”
  • Spanish: “Kapsabet”
  • Swahili: “Kapsabet”
  • Swedish: “Kapsabet”
  • Ukrainian: “Капсабет”
  • Urdu: “کاپسابت”
  • Zulu: “Kapsabet”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kapsabet”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.