Kapsabet
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Kapsabet is a town in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It is the capital of Nandi District. Kapsabet hosts a municipal council and divisional headquarters of Kapsabet administrative division. Kapsabet municipality has an urban population of 17,918 and a total population of 64,830 (1999 census [1]).
Kapsabet municipality has eight wards (Chemundu/Kaptildil, Chepterit, Kabirirsang, Kamobo, Kapsabet, Kiminda, Kipsigak/Kipsotoi and Kipture/Irimis). All of them fall under the Emgwen constituency, which has a total of seventeen wards, the remaining nine are located within Nandi County Council [2].
Kapsabet is located 40 kilometres southwest of Eldoret.
Many successful long distance runners have been born in or near Kapsabet, including Bernard Lagat, Peter Rono, Wilfred Bungei, and Martin Lel.
[edit] References
- ^ Kenya National Bureau of Statistics: Population of local authorities
- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency
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