Wajir District

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Wajir District is an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Wajir. The district has a population of 319,261 and an area of 55,501 km² [1]. Wajir district has only one local authority: Wajir county council. The district has four constituencies: Wajir North, Wajir West, Wajir East and Wajir South. Wajir District is divided into fourteen administrative divisions:

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Pop. density*	Area (km²)	Headquarters
Buna	29,160	5	x	Buna
Bute	14,684	20	x	Bute
Central	51,006	22	x	Wajir
Diff	19,052	3	x
Eldas	9,166	4	x
Griftu	42,333	6	x
Gurar	18,087	7	x	Gurar
Habaswein	27,467	6	x	Habaswein
Hadado	19,787	5	x
Kotulo	23,016	9	x
Lafaley	5,883	12	x
Sebule	25,699	3	x
Tarbaj	22,758	4	x	Tarbaj
Wajir-Bor	17,046	4	x
Total	319,261	6 (average)	x	-
* 1999 census. Sources: [2]

[edit] External links

• Aridland.go.ke