Bomet District

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Bomet District was a former administrative district in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province, known for its agricultural activities and later reorganization into Bomet County.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bomet District canonical 2
Bomet District Commissioner 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
former administrative district
administrativeCenter Bomet town
administrativeChange districts replaced by counties after 2010 constitution of Kenya
borderedBy Kericho District
Kisii District
Narok District
linked to: Narok County

Nyamira District
linked to: Nyamira County
capital Bomet
climate highland subtropical climate
continent Africa
country Kenya
countrySubdivisionOf Kenya
dissolvedInto Bomet County
elevation highland plateau
ethnicGroup Kipsigis
formerSubdivisionType district
governedBy Bomet District Commissioner
linked to: Bomet District
hadSubdivision Bomet Constituency
Chepalungu Constituency
Sotik Constituency
hasSuccessor Bomet County
knownFor agriculture
dairy farming
maize farming
tea farming
languageUsed English
Kiswahili
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Rift Valley Province
locatedInRegion South Rift region of Kenya
locatedInTimeZone East Africa Time
mainEconomicActivity livestock keeping
smallholder farming
namedAfter Bomet
partOf Rift Valley Province
partOfFormerAdministrativeStructure Kenya Rift Valley Province districts
partOfNationalAdministrativeSystem Kenya districts system prior to 2010 constitution
religion Christianity (majority)
reorganizedInto Bomet County
replacedBy county-level government under Bomet County
utcOffset +3

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Sotik historicallyAssociatedWith Bomet District
subject linked to: Sotik (historically partly)
Bomet District governedBy Bomet District Commissioner
linked to: Bomet District