Garissa District

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 as part of the Northern Frontier Province.^[1] Its capital town was Garissa. The district had a population of 329,939. The district had an area of 44,952 km².^[2] before the Ijara District was split from it in 2002.

Garissa District
Former district
Coordinates: 00°38′N 33°29′E
Country	Kenya
Capital	Garissa
Elevation	1,138 m (3,734 ft)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

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:

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Pop. density*	Area (km2)	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:

Garissa district had three constituencies:

• Dujis Constituency
• Fafi Constituency
• Lagdera Constituency

See also

Garissa County