Turkana County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It is home to the Turkana people. It is Kenya's largest county by land area of...
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Turkana may refer to: Turkana people of Kenya and Ethiopia Turkana language of Kenya and Ethiopia Lake Turkana in Kenya Lake Turkana National Parks Turkana...
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The Turkana are a Nilotic people native to the Turkana County in northwest Kenya, a semi-arid climate region bordering Lake Turkana in the east, Pokot...
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Constituencies of Kenya (section Turkana County)
seats: 6 Constituencies: 123. Turkana North, 124. Turkana West, 125. Turkana Central, 126. Loima, 127. Turkana South, 128. Turkana East. Population (2009):...
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Kakuma Refugee Camp (category Populated places in Kenya by county)
Kakuma Refugee Camp is a refugee camp located in northwestern Turkana County, Kenya. It was established in 1992 to host unaccompanied minors who had fled...
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after Turkana county which has an area of 71,597.8 km2. Its capital is Marsabit and its largest town is Moyale. According to the 2019 census, the county had...
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Turkana /tɜːrˈkɑːnə/ is the language of the Turkana people of Kenya and Ethiopia. It is spoken in northwestern Kenya, primarily in Turkana County, which...
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The Turkana District was an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Turkana was the northwesternmost district in Kenya. It is bordered...
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During excavations at Lake Turkana in 1984, palaeoanthropologist Richard Leakey, assisted by Kamoya Kimeu, discovered the Turkana Boy, a 1.6-million-year-old...
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Lomekwi is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Turkana Lake in Kenya. It is an important milestone in the history of human archaeology...
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Lodwar (category Populated places in Turkana County)
Turkana on the A1 road. Its main industries are basket weaving and tourism. The Loima Hills lie to its west. Lodwar is the capital of Turkana County....
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located in the Suguta Valley, Turkana County, in the semi-arid north-western Kenya, immediately south of Lake Turkana. This location is near the settlement...
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Kakuma (category Populated places in Turkana County)
Kakuma is a town in northwestern Turkana County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR refugee camp, established in 1992. The population of Kakuma town was...
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Kerio River (category Tributaries of Lake Turkana)
The Kerio River is a river in Turkana County, Kenya. It flows northward into Lake Turkana. It is one of the longest rivers in Kenya (about 400 km (250 mi))...
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West Pokot County is bordered to the north by Turkana County, to the east by Baringo County, to the southeast by Elgeyo-Marakwet County, to the south...
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Nataruk in Turkana County, Kenya, is the site of an archaeological investigation which uncovered the remains of 27 people. It dates between 9,500 and 10...
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Josphat Nanok (category County Governors of Kenya)
who served as the governor of Turkana County from 2013 to 2022. Josphat Koli Nanok is the first Governor of Turkana County, Kenya, serving his second term...
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Turkana East is a constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies of Turkana County. "Constituency – Constituencies in Kenya". softkenya. Archived...
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Lapurr Sandstone (redirect from Turkana Grits)
part of the informal "Turkana Grits", is a geological formation in Kenya (Turkana County). It is the oldest unit in the Turkana Basin. The strata date...
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Turkana South Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Turkana County. The constituency was established...
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This is a list of Kenyan counties by population, ranked according to the latest estimate. Past census data (1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019) is included...
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Local authorities of Kenya (section Turkana County)
Samburu county council Kitale municipality Nzoia county council Lodwar municipality Turkana county council Eldoret municipality Wareng county council...
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Lokichogio (category Populated places in Turkana County)
Lokichogio (also Lokichoggio or Lokichokio), is a town in the Turkana District in northwest Kenya (4°12′00″N 34°21′00″E / 4.20000°N 34.35000°E / 4...
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Kalobeyei Refugee Settlement (category Populated places in Kenya by county)
known as Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement, is a refugee camp located in Turkana County, Kenya. The settlement was established in 2015 to accommodate the growing...
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Kosipirr (category Populated places in Turkana County)
Kosipirr is a settlement in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. v t e...
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known in English as the Lake Turkana Cultural Festival, is a celebration of indigenous culture held every spring in Turkana, northern Kenya. The festival...
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Lokwakangole (category Populated places in Turkana County)
Lokwakangole is a settlement in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. v t e...
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Kabarnet. The county is home to Lake Baringo, Lake Bogoria and Lake Kamnarok. Baringo is bordered by Turkana County and West Pokot County to the North...
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Turkana Central Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Turkana County. The constituency was established...
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comes from the Holmegård swamp in Denmark. At the site of Nataruk in Turkana County, Kenya, obsidian bladelets found embedded in a skull and within the...
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