Baragoi
place in Samburu County, Kenya
Baragoi is a market town in Kenya, lying north of Maralal and east of the Suguta Valley. It is located in Samburu County. The entire Baragoi division has a population of nearly 20,000 (1999 census) comprising mostly people from the Samburu and Turkana tribes.
The main access road to Baragoi is the A4 road from Rumuruti-Maralal-Baragoi, which as of 2019 was tarmac from Rumuruti to Maralal. A stretch of 108 km from Maralal to Baragoi is still unpaved.
“Baragoi” enters the record as place in Samburu County, Kenya. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Baragoi, place and Samburu can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Baragoi” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Baragoi, place and Samburu provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2323516. VIAF identifies the subject as 152613596. The Library of Congress control number is n96900129. Authority coordinates are 1.780, 36.780. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999 and 2019.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Baragoi”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Baragoi primary sources, Baragoi archive and Baragoi research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Baragoi”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Baragoi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.