Nandi District was an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kapsabet.
Following the transfer of some of territory from Uganda to British East Africa, Nandi District was a subdivision of Kisumu Province. In 1929, it was when it was transferred to the newly created Nzoia Province. In 1934, the district was transferred to Rift Valley Province after the latter absorbed Nzoia Province. In 1963, Nandi District was one of the forty districts of Kenya.
In 2005, Nandi District was eliminated after it was split to form Nandi North and Nandi South, and later Nandi Central, Nandi East and Tindret. All the four districts had a combined population of 752,965.
As per the new law new counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that existed as at 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Nandi County.
The topography of the former district is dominated by the Nandi Hills. The local people are mostly of the Nandi tribe.
Local authorities Authority Type Population*Urban pop.* Kapsabet Municipality 64,830 17,918 Nandi Hills Town 63,134 3,575 Nandi county County 450,787 3,156
Administrative divisions
Division Population*Urban pop.*Headquarters Aldai 96,220 200 Kobujoi Kabiyet 43,367 751 Kabiyet Kapsabet 125,115 16,942 Kapsabet Kaptumo 26,782 150 Kaptumo Kilibwoni 62,692 116 Kilibwoni Kipkaren 52,753 0 Kosirai 35,383 957 Nandi Hills 77,514 3499 Nandi Hills Tinderet 58,925 0
Constituencies The district had four constituencies: Mosop Constituency Emgwen Constituency Aldai Constituency Tinderet Constituency
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