Garissa District was an
administrative district in the
North Eastern Province of
Kenya. The district is one the districts created by the British colonial government in 1963, carving it out of the then
Northern Frontier District. Its capital town was
Garissa. The district had a population of 329,939. The district had an area of 44,952 km. before the
Ijara District was split from it in 2002.
In 2013, Garissa County was formerly effected using the original boundaries of the district prior to the split.
Demographics
Local authorities (councils)
|
|
Authority
|
Type
|
Population*
|
Urban pop.*
|
Garissa |
Municipality |
65,881 |
50,955
|
Garissa County |
County |
264,058 |
14,820
|
Total |
- |
329,939 |
65,775
|
* 1999 census. Source: [1]
|
Administrative divisions
|
|
Division
|
Population*
|
Pop. density*
|
Area (km)
|
Headquarters
|
Balambala |
13,071 |
7 |
1867,3 |
|
Benane |
13,381 |
16 |
836,3 |
Benane
|
Bura |
13,009 |
2 |
6504,5 |
|
Central |
70,791 |
82 |
863,3 |
Garissa
|
Dadaab |
103,671 |
29 |
4505,9 |
Dadaab
|
Danyere |
8,652 |
8 |
1081,5 |
|
Jarajila |
50,455 |
6 |
8409,2 |
|
Liboi |
17,140 |
5 |
3428,0 |
Liboi
|
Modogashe |
14,656 |
7 |
2093,7 |
Mado Gashi
|
Sankuri |
11,713 |
6 |
1952,2 |
|
Shant-Abak |
13,329 |
4 |
3332,3 |
|
Total |
329,868 |
- |
34874,2 |
-
|
* 1999 census. Sources: [2]
|
Garissa district had three constituencies:
See also
Garissa County