Editing Kitale (section)

{{Use Kenyan English|date=January 2023}}
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|official_name          =Kitale
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|population_as_of               = 2019
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|population_total               ={{gaps|162|174}} <ref name="OpenData Kenya">{{cite web|url=https://www.opendata.go.ke/Population/2009-Census-Vol-1-Table-3-Rural-and-Urban-Populati/e7c7-w67t/1 |title=2009 Census Vol 1 Table 3 Rural and Urban Population |access-date=2016-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729203228/https://www.opendata.go.ke/Population/2009-Census-Vol-1-Table-3-Rural-and-Urban-Populati/e7c7-w67t/1 |archive-date=2016-07-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/kenya/cities/|title=Kenya: Provinces, Major Cities, Towns & Urban Centers - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information|website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
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'''Kitale''' is a town in the north west of Kenya, in the former [[Great Rift Valley, Kenya|Rift Valley]] province, between [[Mount Elgon]] and the [[Cherangany Hills]]. It has an elevation of around {{convert|1,900|m|ft|comma=gaps}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.africapedia.com/THE-40-HIGHEST-TOWNS-AND-CITIES-IN-AFRICA |title=The 40 Highest Towns and Cities in Africa |access-date=2013-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317091540/http://www.africapedia.com/THE-40-HIGHEST-TOWNS-AND-CITIES-IN-AFRICA |archive-date=2013-03-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its population was {{gaps|162|174}} as of 2019.<ref name="OpenData Kenya"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Kitale|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/kenya/riftvalley/trans_nzoia/2602__kitale/}}</ref> It is the location of [[Kitale Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/38212-postal-codes-list-all-postal-codes-kenya|title = List of All Postal Codes in Kenya| date=26 March 2019 }}</ref>

The [[Kitale Museum|National Museum of Western Kenya]] in Kitale is a [[natural history museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/19/25/ |title=About Kenyan Museums |publisher=Kenyan Museums |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111021342/http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/19/25/ |archive-date=2013-11-11 |url-status=dead |access-date=2008-01-05 }}</ref>