Kajiado District was an
administrative district in the
Rift Valley Province of
Kenya. It had a population of 406,054 and an area of 21,903 km². The district bordered
Nairobi region and extended to the Kenya-Tanzania border further south. The district capital was
Kajiado.
| Local authorities (councils)
|
|
|
| Authority
|
Type
|
Population*
|
Urban pop.*
|
| Kajiado |
Town |
12,204 |
9,128
|
| Olkejuado |
County |
393,850 |
71,223
|
| Total |
- |
406,054 |
80,351
|
| * 1999 census. Source: [1]
|
The district is divided into seven administrative divisions. The newly created Isinya division is not included in the following table based on 1999 census:
| Administrative divisions
|
|
|
| Division
|
Population*
|
Urban pop.*
|
Headquarters
|
| Central |
69,402 |
16,444 |
Kajiado
|
| Loitokitok |
95,430 |
7,495 |
|
| Magadi |
20,112 |
0 |
Magadi
|
| Mashuru |
35,666 |
2,248 |
Mashuru
|
| Namanga |
35,673 |
5,503 |
Namanga
|
| Ngong |
149,771 |
20,657 |
Ngong
|
| Total |
406,054 |
38,299 |
-
|
| * 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3],
|
There are three constituencies in the district:
See also