Kimwarer is a village in Keiyo District

Keiyo District

Keiyo District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The district was formed in 1994, when Elgeyo/Marakwet-District was split into two, the other half is Marakwet District of today. Keiyo District has a population of 143.865...

, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. It is located along the B54 Road between Eldoret

Eldoret

Eldoret is a town in western Kenya and the administrative centre of Uasin Gishu District of Rift Valley Province. Lying south of the Cherangani Hills, the local elevation varies from about 2100 metres above sea level at the airport to more than 2700 metres in nearby areas...

 and Tenges, in the southern part of Kerio Valley

Kerio Valley

Kerio Valley lies between the Tugen Hills and the Elgeyo escarpment at an elevation of 1,000 m. in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. The valley lies in a narrow, long strip approximately 80 km by 10 km wide at its widest, through which the Kerio River flows....

 and in the drainage basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

 area of the Kerio River

Kerio River

Kerio is a river in Rift Valley province, Kenya. It flows northward into Lake Turkana. It is one of the longest rivers in Kenya, originating near the equator. In south it flows through the Kerio Valley between Tugen Hills and Elgeyo escarpment. The river also partly bounds the South Turkana...

. One of the nearest villages is Kaptagat

Kaptagat

Kaptagat is a village near 40 kilometres east of Eldoret along the B54 Road in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It is located near the edge of the Great Rift Valley just to the southeast of the village of Chepkorio.. Administratively, it is a location in Ainabkoi division of Uasin Gishu District....

, located 10 kilometres west of Kimwarer on the Highlands. The nearest larger town, Eldoret, is 50 kilometres west of Kimwarer. Electorally Kimwarer is part of the Soy ward of Keiyo South Constituency

Keiyo South Constituency

Keiyo South is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of two constituencies of Keiyo District. The constituency has 15 wards, all of which elect councillors for the Keiyo County Council. The constituency was established for the 1969 elections....

 and Keiyo County Council.

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

Kenya Fluorspar Company

Kenya Fluorspar Company is a privately-held mining company in Kenya. It is located near Eldoret in Rift Valley Province of western Kenya, in the Kerio Valley, known for its significant fluorite deposits, first discovered in 1967. Fluorspar is the second most important mining commodity in Kenya...

. Kimwarer is effectively a mining town

Mining town

A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry for the extraction or smeltering of ore.-United States:...

 as Kenya Fluorspar Company has built schools, medical facilities and housing.

Kimwarer has a small airstrip, near the small village of Chepsirei, east of Kimwarer.