Kapchemoiywo

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Kapchemoiywo is a village in the Nandi Hills in Nandi County, Kenya. It is located 2-3 kilometres west of Kabirirsang village.^[1]

Nandi Hills is an urban settlement in Nandi County, Kenya and also forms a constituency by itself. Towns in Nandi county Kenya are Mosoriot, Kapsabet and Nandi Hills. The name also refers to the general area of Nandi County, where the urban settlement is located.

Nandi County is in the North Rift of Kenya, occupying an area of 2,884.4 square kilometres. Its capital, Kapsabet, is the largest town in the county while other towns include Mosoriot, Kaiboi, Kabiyet and Nandi Hills. According to a 2009 census, the county had a population of 752,965, made up of a number of Kenyan communities, the majority of whom belong to the native tribe called Nandi.

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with 47 semiautonomous counties governed by elected governors. At 580,367 square kilometres (224,081 sq mi), Kenya is the world's 48th largest country by total area. With a population of more than 52.2 million people, Kenya is the 27th most populous country. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi while its oldest city and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu City is the third largest city and a critical inland port at Lake Victoria. Other important urban centres include Nakuru and Eldoret.

Kapchemoiywo is part of Arwos location of Kilibwoni division of Nandi County. Its local authority is Nandi County Council and constituency is Emgwen.^[2]^[3] Kapchemoiywo is the birthplace of Wilson Kipketer.

Wilson Kosgei Kipketer is a Kenyan-born Danish former middle distance runner. He is the second fastest of all time over 800 meters, setting the world record and breaking his own record two more times all in 1997. He dominated the 800 m distance for a decade, remaining undefeated for a three-year period and running 8 of the 17 currently all-time fastest times. He won gold medals in three successive editions of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Though unable to compete in the 1996 Olympics near the peak of his career, he earned silver in 2000 and bronze in 2004. Kipketer's 800 meters world record stood for almost 13 years. It was surpassed on 22 August 2010, when David Rudisha beat it by 0.02 seconds, running 1:41.09. Rudisha would eventually go on to further lower the 800m world record to the first and only sub one minute 41 second run. Kipketer still currently holds the indoor world record for the 800 metres.

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↑ http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/focusOnAthletes/newsId=26780/index.html
↑ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency Archived 2007-06-28 at the Wayback Machine .
↑ "Geographic dimensions of well-being in Kenya" (PDF). worldbank. ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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[1] ttp://www.iaaf.org/athletes/focusOnAthletes/newsId=26780/index.html

[2] Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency Archived 2007-06-28 at the Wayback Machine .

[well-being-3] "Geographic dimensions of well-being in Kenya" (PDF). worldbank. ^{[ permanent dead link ]}