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Sotik | |
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Town | |
| Sotik | |
  Sotik | |
| Coordinates: 0°41′S 35°07′E / 0.68°S 35.12°E | |
| Municipality | Sotik |
| Town Centre | Sotik |
| Town extensions | Kaplong town, Chebilat town |
| Suburbs | Chemagel, Kachepkoro, Kimase and Manaret |
| Population | |
| • Estimate ({{{pop_est_as_of}}}) | 10,000 |
Sotik town is an urban centre situated in Sotik Sub-county within Bomet County in the Western region of Kenya and managed by Sotik Town Council.[1][2] Initially, it was the home of Mugenik Barngetuny Araap Sitonik, a prominent Kipsigis prophet of the late 19th century.[3] Sotik is a metropolitan town with a majority of the residents from the Kipsigis ethnicity and a minority being from other ethnicities from Kenya including notably, Somalis and Indians. The town is home to Kalenjin music artist Philip Yegon, Kenyan athletes: Paul Kipsiele Koech and Mercy Cherono; and Kenyan politicians: Lorna Laboso and the late Joyce Cherono Laboso.
- ^ "Sotik Town". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ Kimutai, Gilbert. "The Standard".
- ^ Jestice, Phyllis (2004). Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 606. ISBN 9781576073551.