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Period, the region underwent intermittent uplift and subsidence along major boundary faults accompanied by a large outpouring of lava flows. The Anza trough intersects the modern rift valley in the area of Lake Turkana. Rifting still continues today; primarily in the north, where active volcanoes are
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which passes through it and gives the province its name. According to the 2009 Census, the former province covered an area of 182,505.1 square kilometres (45,098,000 acres; 70,465.6 sq mi) and would have had a population of 10,006,805, making it the largest and most populous province in the
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The full economic potential of the Rift Valley region is, however, far from fully exploited, though the current growth in population and improved education may change this in a near future. People in the province are still mostly rural, but
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is gradually increasing; new cities and towns contain the rural-urban migration and, provided the right policies are instituted, the Rift Valley province will be able to emerge as a national economic and cultural hub.
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have the most recognizable cultural identity, both nationally and internationally, and serve as Kenya's international cultural symbol.
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The Rift Valley is home to various communities. The people of the Rift Valley are a mesh work of different ethnic identities, and the
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The highlands provide adequate rainfall for farming and agriculture which is the economic base of the residents of the Rift Valley.
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Apart from the Rift Valley itself, the area has other important geographic features such as: the extinct volcanoes
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is an important part of the district's economy and cattle raising is also practised to a large extent.
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are two of the best known ethnic groups. Most of Kenya's top runners come from the
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sediments (Recently these sediments have been considered for oil exploration). The
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country. The bulk of the provincial population inhabited a strip between former
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basement, while the Kenya rift basin (a typical extensional basin) hosts
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in the north and has several unique geographical features, including the
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to Early Tertiary times through extension tectonics during the major
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First- and second-level administrative divisions of
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The Great Rift Valley runs south through Kenya from
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0°30′N 36°0′E / 0.500°N 36.000°E / 0.500; 36.000
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