Narok District

Narok District was an administrative district in Kenya. The Narok District is located in the Rift Valley Province, and has a population of 365,750.[1] Its capital town is Narok.

Along with Kisii District, Narok District had been identified as having the highest level of practice of female genital cutting in the country, despite the practice being outlawed in 2001. [2]

Narok was created prior to independence by the colonial government from the Maasai Region.[3] In 1994, Trans Mara District was split from Narok District. In 2013, Trans Mara was reconstituted to form Narok County.

  1. ^ "Kenya Districts". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  2. ^ BBC News, "Kenyan Girls Flee Circumcision" (on circumcision), BBC News - In Pictures, 2003, webpage: BBC-News-In-Pictures-Kenya.
  3. ^ "Kenya Gazette dated 2nd April, 1963" (PDF). Gazettes.Africa. Retrieved 22 September 2023.