Marsabit District (Kenya)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מחוז מרסביט (קניה)
Name (Latin)
Marsabit District (Kenya)
Coordinates
E0373000 E0373000 N0030000 N0030000 (geonames )
Associated country
Kenya
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 137225920
Wikidata: Q1323683
Library of congress: n 82044003
Sources of Information
  • BGN phone call 3/22/82(Marsabit [brief] District, 2nd order admd., 3°0ʹN, 37°30ʹE)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(civil; 03°00ʹ00ʺN 037°30ʹ00ʺE)
  • Kruuk, H. The effects of large carnivores on livestock and animal husbandry in Marsabit District, Kenya, 1980 (subj.)t.p. (Marsabit District, Kenya)
  • BGN phone call 3/22/82(Marsabit [brief] District, 2nd order admd., 3p0s0ʹN, 37p0s30ʹE)
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Wikipedia description:

Marsabit County is a county in Kenya, covering a surface area of 66,923.1 square kilometres. Marsabit is the second largest county by size in Kenya after Turkana county which has an area of 71,597.8 km2. Its capital is Marsabit and its largest town is Moyale. According to the 2019 census, the county had a population of 459,785. It is bordered to the North by Ethiopia, to the West by Turkana County to the South by Samburu County and Isiolo County, and to the East by Wajir County.

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