Rift Valley Province

Rift Valley Province
Mkoa wa Bonde la Ufa
Location in Kenya
Location in Kenya
Coordinates: 0°30′N 36°0′E / 0.500°N 36.000°E / 0.500; 36.000
Country Kenya
No. of Counties:14
CapitalNakuru
Area
 • Total182,505.1 km2 (70,465.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total10,006,805
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Rift Valley Province (Swahili: Mkoa wa Bonde la Ufa) of Kenya, bordering Uganda, was one of Kenya's eight provinces, before the 2013 Kenyan general election. Rift Valley Province was the largest and one of the most economically important provinces in Kenya. It was dominated by the Kenya Rift Valley which passes through it and gives the province its name. According to the 2009 Census, the former province covered an area of 182,505.1 square kilometres (45,098,000 acres; 70,465.6 sq mi) and would have had a population of 10,006,805,[1][2] making it the largest and most populous province in the country. The bulk of the provincial population inhabited a strip between former Nairobi and Nyanza Province. The capital was the town of Nakuru.

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Kenya Census 2009".