Samburu District

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Samburu District is a district in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km² (8,000 mi²) in northern Kenya where the Samburu tribe live. It stretches north from the Wuaso Ng'iro River to the south of Lake Turkana and also includes Mount Kulal which lies just east of Lake Turkana.

Within Samburu district are the towns of Maralal (capital), Baragoi, Archers Post, South Horr, Wamba and Lodosoit.

It also includes the Samburu National Reserve and Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Mount Ng'iro, Ndoro Mountains, Ol Doinyo Lenkiyieu (Mathews Range), Kirisia Hills, and Loroki Forest.

There is a town named Samburu in Kwale District of Coast Province of Kenya, but is not related to Samburu District or Samburu people.

[edit] District subdivision

The district has two constituencies: Samburu East and Samburu West.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Mararal	Town	24,612	16,281
Samburu	County	118,935	18,507
Total	-	143,547	34,788
* 1999 census. Source: [1]

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Headquarters
Baragoi	19,884	Baragoi
Kirisia	47,072	Mararal
Lorroki	25,571
Nyiro	15,551
Wamba	24,155	Wamba
Waso	10,314
Total	143,547	-
* 1999 census. Sources: [2]