Official Name: | Burnt Forest |
Pushpin Map: | Kenya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kenya |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kenya |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Uasin Gishu County |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 0.8833°N 35.1167°W |
Postal Code Type: | Post code, Postal code |
Burnt Forest is a town in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.[1]
In the 1960s, forested land in what is now the town of Burnt Forest was cleared to make way for farms.
The town has suffered ethnic clashes after the 1992, 1997 and 2007 Kenyan presidential elections.[2]