North-Eastern province (province of Kenya)

The north-Eastern province is one of the Province S of the Kenya. In the simple beginning District, it covers the essence of the North-East of the country, and is inhabited by pastoral communities.

In 1979 its population was estimated at 374.000 people; it is assembled to 962.000 inhabitants in 1999, who share a surface of 127.000 km ².

Climate

The climate is semi-arid.

Economy

Administrative structure

The chief town of the province is Garissa. It is divided into three District S:

Garissa, chief town Garissa
Mandera, chief town Mandera
Wajir, chief town Wajir

History

The province is currently largely destabilized and is a hearth of insecurity, and knows important shifts in population related on the successive drynesses and chronic instability in close Somalia.

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