North Horr
| North Horr | |||
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 Settlement on the outskirts of North Horrs |
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| Basic data | |||
| county | Marsabit County | ||
| surface | 2218 km² | ||
| Population (state) - population density |
8405 population (2009) 4 population / km² |
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| Post Code | 0231 | ||
| Coordinates | 3 ° 19 ′ N , 37 ° 4 ′ E | ||
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North Horr is a town in Marsabit County and has been the name of a constituency of Kenya since 1988 . The native population of the Gabbra tribe still lives largely as nomads or semi-nomads .
Constituency
The constituency of North Horr (No. 046) is 39,248 km² and includes the ward of the same name, the administrative units Balesa Ririba, Bubisa, Dukana, Illeret, Maikona and Turbi. It has a total of about 75,200 inhabitants, of which 24,530 are registered voters (as of 2012). This corresponds to a population density of 1.92 inhabitants per km².
Election results
| year | MP | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Bonaya Godana | CANOE |
| 1992 | Bonaya Godana | CANOE |
| 1997 | Bonaya Godana | CANOE |
| 2002 | Bonaya Godana | CANOE |
| 2006 | Ukur Yattani | NARC Kenya |
| 2007 | Francis Chachu Ganya | ODM |
Church mission
As early as 1964, the Italian pastor Giovanni Rocca from Alba began setting up a mission in North Horr. Since 1976 there has been a mission station of the diocese of Augsburg in the city . It is currently led by Pastors Hubert Mößmer (since 1995) and Anton Mahl (since 1996) and is part of the Marsabit diocese . In addition to missionary work , the priests there primarily conduct development aid and have already founded several schools, among other things.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census 2009 on opendata.go.ke
- ^ Postal ZIP code of North Horr
- ↑ Kenya National Bureau of Statistics ( Memento from September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information about the constituency
- ↑ North Horr Constituency - Registered Voters ( Memento of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007 ( Memento from December 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Francis Chachu Ganya
- ↑ History of the Mission ( Memento from January 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ About the church mission on bistum-augsburg.de
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine about Hubert Mößmer