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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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