Kericho is the largest town in Kericho County, Kenya, in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley and on the edge of the Mau Forest. Its warm, temperate climate makes the surrounding area well suited to agriculture, and the town is especially known as a center of large scale tea cultivation.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kericho (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 54 (2019)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -0.369167, longitude 35.283889
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 53 (2019)
View the Source2. Kericho (Wikipedia)
Lead, location
Kericho is the largest town in Kericho County, located in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley.
History: founding statement
Kericho was founded by British settlers in 1902.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Kericho - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 192900
-0.36774 35.28314 P PPLA KE 21 53804 2002 Africa/Nairobi
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 2002 m
View the Source 4. 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 -0.25, 35.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.25, 35.25
-0.25 35.25 Af
Wikidata: Kericho
Wikidata Q996730, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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