Lerata is a village in northern

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

, between

Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the northern Marsabit County in Kenya. It is situated in the former Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park. The town is located east of the centre of the East African Rift at an elevation ...

and

Shaba, Kenya Shaba is a town in Kenya, situated 260 km to the southeast of Marsabit and 80 km to the north of the Equator The equator is a circle of latitude, about in circumference, that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemisp ...

. It is in an area populated by the

Samburu people The Samburu are a Nilotic people of north-central Kenya. Samburu are semi- nomadic pastoralists who herd mainly cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels. The name they use for themselves is Lokop or Loikop, a term which may have a variety ...

. Lerata is located along the A2 road, not far north of

Archers Post Archers Post is a settlement in Kenya's Samburu County, which is home to the Samburu people. Nearby villages include Lerata. The land belongs to the Kenyan government. There is a large military training area to the north east of Archer's Post whi ...

. The C79 road towards Maralal and

Baragoi Baragoi is a market town in Kenya, lying north of Maralal and east of the Suguta Valley The Suguta Valley, also known as the Suguta Mud Flats, is an arid part of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya (Africa), directly south of Lake Turkana. Location ...

has its eastern end in Lerata. Lerata is part of the Waso East ward in

Samburu East Constituency Samburu East is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies of Samburu County Samburu County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km2 (8,000 mi2) in northe ...

and Samburu County Council of

Samburu County Samburu County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km2 (8,000 mi2) in northern Kenya where the Samburu, Turkana and many other tribes live. It stretches north from the Wuaso Ng' ...

.Electoral Commission of Kenya
''Registration centres by electoral area and constituency''

References

Populated places in Samburu County {{RiftValleyKE-geo-stub