Marakwet District
Marakwet District is a defunct administrative district in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kapsowar. The district had a population of 140, 629 people in the 1999 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kapsowar and Cheptonge.
Kapsowar
Town
Photo: Masai29, Public domain.
Kapsowar is a town in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. Prior to March 2013, it was located in the former Rift Valley Province. In 1994, Kapsowar became the headquarters of the former Marakwet district.
Cheptonge
Village
Cheptonge or Cheptongei is a settlement in Kenya's Elgeyo-Marakwet County. It was a part of the former Rift Valley Province. Cheptonge is situated 7 km southwest of Marakwet District.
Marakwet District
- Type: district of Kenya with 370,000 residents
- Also known as: “Elgeyo Marakwet”
- Location: Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Marakwet District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Elegeyo-Marakwet”
- Danish: “Marakwet”
- Dutch: “Marakwet”
- French: “district de Marakwet”
- French: “District de Marakwet”
- German: “Marakwet District”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marakwet”
- Polish: “Wilaya ya Marakwet”
- Russian: “округ Мараквет”
- Swahili: “Wilaya ya Marakwet”
- Swedish: “Marakwet”
- Vietnamese: “Marakwet”
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