Eldoret is a city in Kenya's Rift Valley region and capital of Uasin Gishu County, with a population of 475,716 at the 2019 census, the fifth largest urban center in the country; it was formally granted city status on August 15, 2024. It grew from a settlement known as "Farm 64," named for its distance from the Londiani railhead, after Afrikaner settlers arrived in 1908 and turned the surrounding plateau into a farming zone. Eldoret is now Kenya's second-largest medical destination after Nairobi and hosts the country's second-busiest cargo airport, and it is widely known as a training center for distance runners who have gone on to win Olympic and world championship medals.
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Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Eldoret (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead section, 2019 census population figure
As per the 2019 population census, Eldoret has a population of 475,716 people
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Lead, location
Eldoret is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Eldoret - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 198629
0.52036 35.26993 P PPLA KE 52 475716 2095 Africa/Nairobi
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 2095 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 0.75, 35.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 0.75, 35.25
0.75 35.25 Cfb
Wikidata: Eldoret
Wikidata Q322149, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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