Londiani is a town in

Kericho County Kericho County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. The county seats between longitude 35°02' and 35°40' East and between the equator and latitude 0°23' South with an altitude of about 2002m above sea level. It borders Uasin Gishu County to t ...

, Kenya. It is 49 km from Kericho, which is about a 50-minute drive. As of 2009, it had a total population of 44,953.

Transport

Londiani is located in the

Kipkelion East Constituency Kipkelion East is an electoral constituency in Kericho County, Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in the county. It was established for the 2013 general elections as constituency number 188 when Kipkelion Constituency was split into Kipkelio ...

between

Nakuru Nakuru (nicknamed Nax) is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is the capital of Nakuru County, and it is the fourth largest city in Kenya and the largest in the Rift Valley region. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban population of 570, ...

and

Kericho Kericho is the largest town in Kericho County, located in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley. Positioned on the edge of the Mau Forest, Kericho benefits from a warm and temperate climate, making it good for agriculture, especially l ...

, off Nakuru-Eldoret highway about one hour drive from Nakuru town. The town borders the Londiani Forest and contains a forestry station managed by the Kenya Forestry Service. The Nairobi-Kisumu railway also passes through the town. The Londiani-Fort Ternan-Koru-Muhoroni (C35) road goes through Londiani enabling travel from Nakuru to Kisumu, without going through Kericho.

Geography

Londiani town lies approximately 2,325 m above sea level. The town borders Mt. Londiani (2,848 m). This mountain is also referred to as Mount Kipsigis, Tuluap-Kipsigis by the locals and was called Mount Blackett by the British colonial authorities. The site was gazetted as a cultural heritage site of great significance to the Kipsigis community.

History

The British colonial authorities constructed a railway line passing through the town, from

Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...

Kisumu Kisumu ( ) is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the second-largest city after Kampala in the Lake Victoria Basin. The city has a population of slightly over 600,000. The ...

. There was also a sawmill near the town, called Mount Blackett Sawmills

Administration and Finance

Londiani town hosts various administrative and financial offices: * Londiani Ward office * Rift Valley Eco-Region Research Programme * Londiani Police Station * Assistant County Commissioner * Kenya Commercial Bank * Kenya Women Finance Trust

Education

Several institutions are found within and around the town: *

Londiani Boys High School Londiani is a town in Kericho County, Kenya. It is 49 km from Kericho, which is about a 50-minute drive. As of 2009, it had a total population of 44,953. Transport Londiani is located in the Kipkelion East Constituency between Nakuru an ...

* Londiani Girls High School * Sacred Hills Girls High School.

Healthcare

Londiani town has the Londiani District Hospital, which offers outpatient and inpatient services, mother and child healthcare, family planning, antenatal care, immunization and nutrition services. The hospital also has an operation theatre. Londiani is also the site of the proposed Londiani Referral Hospital, which will serve the South Rift region, including

Bomet Bomet town is the capital and largest town of Bomet County, Kenya. Bomet town has a total population of 110,963 (2009 census). It is located along the B3 Mai Mahiu-Narok-Kisii road. Bomet city is one of the eight sister cities to Milwaukee ...

and

Narok Narok (sometimes referred to as NauwongoTown) is a town west of Nairobi that supports Kenya's economy in south-west of the country, along the Great Rift Valley. Narok is the county capital of the Narok County and stands as the major centre ...

counties.

References

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