Dadaab
Sign in to saveDadaab () is a semi-arid town in Garissa County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR base hosting 426,822 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of 28 February 2025, in four camps (Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo, and Ifo 2), making it one of the largest in the world behind Kutupalong refugee camp. The centre is run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and its operations are financed by foreign donors. In 2013, UNHCR, the governments of Kenya and Somalia signed a tripartite agreement facilitating the repatriation of Somali refugees at the complex.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Dadaab
- Settlement.native_name
- Dhadhaab
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Oxfam East Africa - New camp stands idle and closed as Somali refugees pour into Kenya.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ifo II camp in Dadaab.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kenya
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Kenya
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Garissa County
- Settlement.population_as_of
- October 2023
- Settlement.population_total
- 302,805
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Kenya
- Located in
- Garissa County
- Population
- 218873
- Time zone
- East Africa Time
- Image
- Oxfam East Africa - New camp stands idle and closed as Somali refugees pour into Kenya.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dadaab
- inception
- 1991-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Establishment
- Construction
- Population growth and decline
- Demographics
- Infrastructure
- Living conditions
- Education
- Health care
- Environment
- Security
- Economic and legal status
- Repatriation and resettlement
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Dadaab () is a semi-arid town in Garissa County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR base hosting 426,822 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of 28 February 2025, in four camps (Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo, and Ifo 2), making it one of the largest in the world behind Kutupalong refugee camp. The centre is run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and its operations are financed by foreign donors. In 2013, UNHCR, the governments of Kenya and Somalia signed a tripartite agreement facilitating the repatriation of Somali refugees at the complex.
==Establishment==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dadaab” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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