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Eldoret
Uasin Gishu County · Kenya
City population
475,716
#6
in Kenya
#1
in Uasin Gishu County
#1,208
worldwide
0.520, 35.270 · 264 km from Nairobi
About Eldoret
Eldoret is a city in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya with a population of 475,716. It is the 6th largest of the 119 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Kenya, and the 1,208th largest worldwide. It lies 264 km from Nairobi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Uasin Gishu County
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
2,095 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Nairobi
Coordinates
0.520, 35.270
Record updated
2022-09-26
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 119 in KenyaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.