Turkana County

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Turkana County
Population (state)
- population density 		926,976 inh. (2019)
13 inh / km²
surface 68,680.3 km²
Coordinates 3 ° 24 '  N , 35 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 3 ° 24 '  N , 35 ° 12'  E
ISO 3166-2 KE-43
Turkana County in Kenya.svg

Turkana County (until 2010 Turkana District ) is a county in northwestern Kenya . The capital of the county is Lodwar . The county borders Uganda , South Sudan, and Ethiopia and the western shore of Lake Turkana . From a Kenyan perspective, the Ilemi Triangle in the far north belongs to the county (Lokichoggio and Lokitaung divisions). Turkana is the largest county in Kenya in terms of area. Only 1.5% of households are connected to the electricity supply. 70% of the population live as nomads .

structure

The county is divided into councils and divisions. There are three constituencies: Turkana North, Turkana Central and Turkana South.

Councils
Seat of the authority Type Population (1999)
Lodwar local community 035,897
Turkana county 414.963
total - 450,860
Divisions
division Population (1999) Capital
Central 035,919 Lodwar
Kaaling 024.053
Kainuk 011,799
Kakuma 097.114 Kakuma
Kalokol 028,735 Kalokol
Katilu 012,548
Kerio 015,409
Kibish 006,056
Lapur 012,780
Lokichar 021,791 Lokichar
Lokichoggio 036,187 Lokichoggio
Lokitaung 022,586 Lokitaung
Loima 033,979
Lokori 017,915
Lomelo 006,088
Oropol 018,020 Oropol
Turkwel 049,881
total 450,860 -

religion

Turkana County is part of the Lodwar Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church . Of the 450,000 inhabitants, just under 106,000 are of the Catholic faith.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Statistics on cck.go.ke (PDF) ( Memento from May 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ tasteofturkana.com ( Memento of December 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 6, 2010.
  4. ^ Diocese of Lodwar ( Memento of August 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the Catholic Church in Kenya, accessed on February 6, 2010.

Web links

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