Kimwarer

{{Short description|Village in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya}}

{{Use Kenyan English|date=January 2023}}

Kimwarer is a village in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. It is located along the B54 Road between Eldoret and Tenges, in the southern part of Kerio Valley and in the drainage basin area of the Kerio River. One of the nearest villages is Kaptagat, located 10 kilometres west of Kimwarer on the Highlands. The nearest larger town, Eldoret, is 50 kilometres west of Kimwarer.The Rough Guide - Kenya Electorally Kimwarer is part of the Soy ward of Keiyo South Constituency and Keiyo County Council.Electoral Commission of Kenya: [http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf Registration centres by electoral area and constituency] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628084749/http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf |date=2007-06-28 }}

It is the largest village in the Kerio Valley area. The main industry in the area is fluorspar mining, conducted by the Kenya Fluorspar Company.The East African, September 15, 2008: [https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/471072/-/s1x4rwz/-/index.html Flourspar enters European market despite Chinese competition] Kimwarer is effectively a mining town as Kenya Fluorspar Company has built schools, medical facilities and housing.t Richard Trillo, Okigbo Ojukwu, Daniel Jacobs, Doug Paterson: [https://books.google.com/books?id=99x5ea1Gq-cC&dq=kimwarer&pg=PA280 Rough Guide to Kenya], Rough Guides, 7th ed, 2002. {{ISBN|1-85828-859-2}}Michael Hodd: [https://books.google.com/books?id=wCFrdRKB8hYC&dq=kimwarer&pg=PA164 East Africa handbook], Footprint Travel Guides, 7th ed, 2002

Kimwarer has a small airstrip, In the small village of Chepsirei, east of Kimwarer.intravelex.com: [http://www.intravelex.com/aircodes2/K.asp?t=dep AIRPORT CODES] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616213114/http://www.intravelex.com/aircodes2/K.asp?t=dep |date=2008-06-16 }}