Eldoret

Eldoret is a city in the Rift Valley region of . It serves as the capital of . Located in western Kenya and lying south of the Cherang'any Hills, the local elevation varies from about 2,100 metres at the to more than 2,700 metres in nearby areas.
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  • Type: City with 476,000 residents
  • Description: Town in Kenya
  • Also known as: “Home of Champions”, “Olderet”, “Olteret”, and “Sisibo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kipchoge Keino Stadium.

Stadium
is a multi-use in Eldoret, . It is named after the athlete Kipchoge Keino. It holds 10,000 people. In 2007, the Kenyan Government allocated KES100 million for the upgrade of the stadium, which had fallen into disrepair.

Eldoret

Latitude
0.5198° or 0° 31′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.2715° or 35° 16′ 18″ east
Population
476,000
Elevation
2,095 metres (6,873 feet)
IATA airport code
EDL
United Nations Location Code
KE EDL
Open location code
6GGQG79C+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2689551456
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
198629
Wiki­data ID
Q322149
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Eldoret” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Eldoret”
  • Arabic: “إلدورت”
  • Arabic: “إلدوريت”
  • Armenian: “Էլդորետ”
  • Asturian: “Eldoret”
  • Basque: “Eldoret”
  • Belarusian: “Элдарэт”
  • Bengali: “এলদোরেত”
  • Bulgarian: “Елдорет”
  • Catalan: “Eldoret”
  • Cebuano: “Eldoret”
  • Chinese: “埃尔多雷特”
  • Chinese: “埃爾多雷特”
  • Croatian: “Eldoret”
  • Czech: “Eldoret”
  • Danish: “Eldoret”
  • Dutch: “Eldoret”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الدوريت”
  • Esperanto: “Eldoret”
  • Estonian: “Eldoret”
  • Finnish: “Eldoret”
  • French: “Eldoret”
  • Galician: “Eldoret”
  • Georgian: “ელდორეტი”
  • German: “Eldoret”
  • Greek: “Ελντορέτ”
  • Gujarati: “એલ્ડોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “אלדורט”
  • Hindi: “एलडोरेट”
  • Hungarian: “Eldoret”
  • Indonesian: “Eldoret”
  • Irish: “Eldoret”
  • Italian: “Eldoret”
  • Japanese: “エルドレット”
  • Kalaallisut: “Eldoret”
  • Kannada: “ಎಲ್ಡೋರೆಟ್”
  • Kikuyu: “Eldoret”
  • Korean: “엘도레트”
  • Latvian: “Eldoreta”
  • Lithuanian: “Eldoretas”
  • Malay: “Eldoret”
  • Maori: “Eldoret”
  • Marathi: “एल्डरोट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eldoret”
  • Norwegian: “Eldoret”
  • Persian: “الدورت، کنیا”
  • Persian: “الدورت”
  • Polish: “Eldoret”
  • Portuguese: “Eldoret”
  • Romanian: “Eldoret”
  • Russian: “Элдорет”
  • Russian: “Эльдорет”
  • Scots: “Eldoret”
  • Serbian: “Eldoret”
  • Serbian: “Елдорет”
  • Silesian: “Eldoret”
  • Sinhala: “එල්ඩොරේට්”
  • Slovenian: “Eldoret”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الدورت، کنیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الدورت”
  • Spanish: “Eldoret”
  • Swahili: “Eldoret”
  • Swahili: “Nyumbani kwa mabingwa”
  • Swedish: “Eldoret (länshuvudort i Kenya)”
  • Swedish: “Eldoret”
  • Tagalog: “Eldoret”
  • Tajik: “Элдорет”
  • Tamil: “எல்டோரெட்”
  • Telugu: “ఎల్డోర్ట్”
  • Thai: “เอลโดเรต”
  • Tumbuka: “Eldoret”
  • Turkish: “Eldoret”
  • Ukrainian: “Елдорет”
  • Ukrainian: “Ельдорет”
  • Urdu: “الدورت”
  • Venetian: “Eldoret”
  • Vietnamese: “Eldoret”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Eldoret”
  • Zulu: “Eldoret”

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