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Eldoret

Also known as Home of Champions

Eldoret is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. Located in western Kenya and lying south of the Cherang'any Hills, the local elevation varies from about at the Eldoret International Airport to more than in nearby areas.

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Place details

Locality: Eldoret
Region: Uasin Gishu
Country: Kenya
Population: 475,716
Timezone: Africa/Nairobi

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Key facts

Settlement.nicknames: Sisibo, Farm '64'
Settlement.official_name: Eldoret
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.motto: City of Champions
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from top: City of Champions Monument, MUPS Daima Towers, Sotet Monument, Eldoret International Airport, Eldoret Skyline
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map: Kenya#Horn of Africa#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Kenya##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uasin Gishu County
Settlement.government_type: County Government
Settlement.leader_name: Jonathan Bii
Settlement.established_date: 1905
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2019
Settlement.population_urban: 477,716
Settlement.timezone: EAT

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Eldoret
Population: 289380
Elevation: 2095
Image: Eldoret 3.JPG

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Commons category: Eldoret
postal code: 30100
inception: 1905-00-00
P8168: Arnold of Selenhofen
native label: Eldoret
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Travel guide

Get in

Eldoret is 323 km from Nairobi, 114 km from Kisumu, and 126 km from Nakuru. From Eldoret to the Uganda border at Malaba is 127 km.

Easy Coach has buses to Nairobi. There are also bus lines which go from Eldoret to Kampala, Uganda. There are matutus, privately owned vehicles frequently mini-buses, to Nakuru, Nyahururu, Kitale, and Kisumu. An 11-seat van from Eldoret to Nairobi costs Ksh 1000 and takes 6 hours. An 11-seat van from Eldoret to Malaba on the Kenya/Uganda border costs Ksh 500 and takes 3 hours.

The railway network in Western Kenya is under rehabilitation and passenger trains from Nairobi are expected to return in late 2024 or early 2025. Travel times are expected to be quite long as the 100 year old network meanders through the landscape.

Get around

You can walk to most places in downtown.

Connect

Many Internet cafes all over town. Ksh 50 an hour.

Go next

Kisumu or Uganda or Nakuru or Kitale.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

36 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Early inhabitants of the region
Early settlers
Colonial period
Post-independence
Recent history
Climate
Population
Local governance
Suburbs
Economy
Industries
Textiles
Digital assembly
Military
Fertilizer
Services
Data and cellular networks
Tourism
Surrounding region
Points of interest
Education
Health
Sport
Infrastructure
Transport
Airports
Roads
Railway
Power
Oil pipelines
Notable people
Sister cities
References
External links

As per the 2019 population census, Eldoret has a population of 475,716 people and is the fifth most populated urban area in the country after Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru and Ruiru.