Garissa County

Garissa County
Population (state) - population density	841,353 population (2019) 18 population / km²
surface	45,720.2 km²
Coordinates	0 ° 40 ′  S , 40 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 40 ′  S , 40 ° 20 ′  E
ISO 3166-2	KE-07

Garissa County (until 2010 Garissa District ) is a county in Kenya . The capital of the county is Garissa . In 2019, 841,353 people lived in the county on 45,720.2 km². The county has an arid climate with temperatures between 33 and 42 ° C. The people of Garissa County live mainly from nomadic livestock farming, only 1% of the county's area is considered arable. The main crops are bananas, mangoes and lemons. In 2005, 62% of the population lived below the poverty line and around 80% are illiterate . Child mortality is high in the county, with 8.9% of urban children dying before their 5th birthday in 2002 and 14.6% of children in rural areas who did not see their 5th birthday.

Transport and infrastructure

Garissa has a total of 1500 km of roads, 10% of the roads are paved. There are a total of 17 major commercial centers in the county, only one of which has electricity. The county has 29 health care facilities, 3 post offices, and 7 banks.

structure

The county is divided into eleven divisions. There are three constituencies.

Divisions
division	Population (1999)	Capital
Balambala	13,071
Benane	13,381	Benane
Bura	13.009
Central	70,791	Garissa
Dadaab	103,671	Dadaab
Danyere	8,652
Jarajila	50,455
Liboi	17,140	Liboi
Modogashe	14,656	Mado Gashi
Sankuri	11,713
Shant Abak	13,329
total	329,868	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} District profile on kenyafoodsecurity  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 143 kB), accessed on October 29, 2013.  
3. ↑ Statistics on cck.go.ke (PDF) ( Memento from May 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Garissa County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files