Kericho District

E263453
administrative subdivision former administrative district

Kericho District was a former administrative district in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province, known primarily for its extensive tea plantations and cool highland climate.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kericho County 5
Kericho 3
Kericho District canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative subdivision ⓘ
former administrative district ⓘ
borderedByAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bomet District ⓘ
Kisii District ⓘ
Kisumu County ⓘ
surface form: Kisumu District

Nakuru County ⓘ
surface form: Nakuru District

Nandi County ⓘ
surface form: Nandi District
climate cool and wet highland climate ⓘ
containsSettlement Fort Ternan ⓘ
Kericho District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kericho

Kipkelion ⓘ
Litein ⓘ
Londiani ⓘ
Sotik (historically partly) ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
dissolvedIn 2010s ⓘ
elevation high altitude ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kipsigis people ⓘ
governingBodyAfterAbolition Kericho County Government ⓘ
hasCapital Kericho District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kericho
hasIndustry tea processing ⓘ
hasLandUse large-scale tea estates ⓘ
smallholder tea farms ⓘ
historicalEra post-independence Kenya administrative structure ⓘ
knownFor cool highland climate ⓘ
tea plantations ⓘ
tea production ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Kipsigis ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Rift Valley Province ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Kenyan highlands ⓘ
locatedInRegion Great Rift Valley ⓘ
surface form: Kenya Rift Valley
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tea farming ⓘ
majorCrop maize ⓘ
pyrethrum ⓘ
tea ⓘ
partOf Rift Valley Province ⓘ
partOfUntilAbolition Kenya’s provincial administration system ⓘ
railwayServedBy Kenya-Uganda Railway (through Kipkelion / Fort Ternan area) ⓘ
replacedBy Kericho District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kericho County
subdivisionType district ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rachuonyo District → borderedBy → Kericho District ⓘ
Kipsigis → region → Kericho District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kericho County
Kalenjin people → region → Kericho District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kericho County
Kericho District → hasCapital → Kericho District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kericho
Kericho District → containsSettlement → Kericho District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kericho
Kericho District → replacedBy → Kericho District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kericho County
Nyando District → borderedBy → Kericho District ⓘ
Rift Valley Province → containsCity → Kericho District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kericho
Rift Valley Province → containsCounty → Kericho District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kericho County
Nakuru County → borders → Kericho District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kericho County