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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Turkana County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It is Kenya's largest county by land area of 77,597.8km2 followed by Marsabit...
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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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Lake Turkana (/tɜːrˈkɑːnə, -ˈkæn-/) is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It...
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Divisions of Kenya (section Turkana District)
Kwanza Saboti Kitale Kiminini Central (Kalokol) Kakuma Katilu Kibish Lake Turkana Lokitaung Lokori Turkwel Lokichoggio, including the areas spanning as far...
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Marsabit and Isiolo districts; Rift Valley covered Turkana District; North Eastern Region contained the Wajir, Mandera and Garissa districts. During negotiations...
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Sub-Counties of Kenya (redirect from Districts of Kenya)
(Kapsabet) Narok District (Narok) Samburu District (Maralal) Trans Nzoia District (Kitale) Turkana District (Lodwar) Uasin Gishu District (Eldoret) West...
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West Pokot was combined with South Turkana District to form Turkana District of Naivasha Province. In 1918, South Turkana came into direct military administration...
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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 / 4.20000;...
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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, originating near...
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its name from Lokiriama, a remote town in Turkana District, North Western Kenya that is inhabited by the Turkana. A symbolic monument for this accord is...
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village has also provided asylum for women fleeing violence from the Turkana District. Residents in the community must all wear the traditional clothing...
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Hall District Tadeo Mwaura 20 Kiambu District J. M. Koinange 21 Thika District J. M. Njonjo 22 Turkana District J. H. Robaro 23 West Pokot District E. Porriot...
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Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) is a wind farm in Kenya. It is located in Loiyangalani District, in Marsabit County, approximately 545 kilometres...
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drivers, attracted sex workers from outside the area. Similarly, in the Turkana District of northern Kenya, drought led to a decrease in clients for local sex...
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Trans-Nzoia County (redirect from Trans-Nzoia District Kenya)
contribute to the Nzoia River system draining into Lake Victoria and Lake Turkana. These rivers are crucial for domestic use, small-scale irrigation, and...
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under the name Oh Joo-han, since 2018. Hailing from Lodwar in Kenya's Turkana District, Loyanae began running in marathon races in his native country in 2010...
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population of 121,478. The district was located in northern Kenya. It borders the eastern shore of Lake Turkana. The district was created prior to Kenya's...
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subsequent early warning systems. One of the most efficacious is the Turkana District Early Warning System in northern Kenya in which indicators include...
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Rift Valley Province (redirect from Keiyo District Kenya)
was dissolved. The Great Rift Valley runs south through Kenya from Lake Turkana in the north and has several unique geographical features, including the...
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Ateker peoples (section Turkana)
or ŋaTekerin, is a common name for the closely related Jie, Karamojong, Turkana, Toposa, Nyangatom and Teso peoples and their languages. These ethnic groups...
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it forms up to 30% of total woody canopy in the South Turkana Ecosystem in the Turkana District. In some savannas and woodlands Vachellia reficiens is...
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Ajuma Nasenyana (category Turkana people)
Nasanyana is a fashion model born in the town of Lodwar, situated in the Turkana District of Kenya. Her first foray into modeling was in the Miss Tourism Kenya...
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MacDougall. It is about the dynamics of polyamorous marriage in a small Turkana village in Kenya. The film premiered at the 1981 Margaret Mead Film Festival...
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in Turkana". Kbc.co.ke. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2011. "Kenya: schools close as famine takes hold in Turkana"....
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"A new genus of large primate from the late Oligocene of Lothidok, Turkana District, Kenya". Journal of Human Evolution. 28 (6): 519–531. Bibcode:1995JHumE...
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Samburu, Meru, Borana, Kalenjin, Somali, European, Asian, and Turkana, giving the district a diverse population. Most of the land is owned by a small population...
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Oropom people (section Karimajong, Turkana & Tepes)
stone tools and pottery of a nature also found in Karasuk, Turkana and West Pokot districts in Kenya. Wilson noted that "the material collected, particularly...
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live. The district had a population of 143,547 in the 1999 census. It stretched north from the Wuaso Ng'iro River to the south of Lake Turkana and also...
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Nderit pottery (category Lake Turkana)
Bartheleme and is located east of Lake Turkana. Lawrence H. Robbins' discoveries within the Turkana District of Kenya, detailed in 1972, display pottery...
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