Isiolo
| Isiolo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| county | Isiolo County | ||
| Residents | 28,854 pop. | ||
| height | 1145 m | ||
| Telephone code | 064 | ||
| Coordinates | 0 ° 21 ′ N , 37 ° 35 ′ E | ||
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Isiolo is a city of about 29,000 people in Isiolo County , Kenya , of which it is the capital. The city is located directly on the A2, south of the Samburu National Reserve .
Infrastructure
In addition to various shops, Isiolo has a cattle and vegetable market, banks, several hotels and restaurants, a hospital, a petrol station and a post office. From the bus station there is a bus to Nairobi twice a day .
There are several schools in Isiolo, two elementary schools and one secondary school for girls are run by the Roman Catholic Church .
religion
Isiolo has both a mosque and a Catholic church. The church belongs to the Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo and hit the headlines in 2005 when the Apostolic Vicar of Isiolo, Luigi Locati , was shot dead in the street.
Web links
- Isiolo data from Falling Rain Genomics
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Homepage of the Catholic Church in Kenya ( memento of August 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 5, 2009