Baringo County

Baringo County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya and lies in the former Rift Valley Province. Its headquarters and largest town is Kabarnet. The county is home to Lake Baringo, Lake Bogoria and Lake Kamnarok, and it is bordered by Turkana and West Pokot counties to the north, Samburu and Laikipia to the east, Nakuru and Kericho to the south, Uasin Gishu to the southwest and Elgeyo Marakwet to the west. The 2019 census counted 666,763 people on an area of 10,976.4 square kilometres. It has seven administrative sub-counties and thirty electoral wards, and is largely occupied by the Tugen, Lembus, Ndorois and Pokot people, who are sub-tribes of the Kalenjin.