Garissa
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Place details
- Locality
- Garissa
- Region
- Garissa
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 163,399
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Garissa
- Settlement.native_name
- Gaarrisa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Almond_Resort,_Garissa.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Almond Resort in Garissa.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kenya#Horn of Africa#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Kenya##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Garissa County
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Kenya
- Located in
- Garissa County
- Population
- +65881
- Elevation
- +151
- Time zone
- East Africa Time
- Capital of
- Garissa County
- Image
- Almond Resort, Garissa.jpg
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- 2015 terrorist attack
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Garissa ( Arabic: قارسا) is the capital of Garissa County, Kenya. It is situated in the former North Eastern Province.
==Geography== The Tana River, which rises in Mount Kenya east of Nyeri, flows through Garissa. The Bour-Algi Giraffe Sanctuary, situated 5 km south of Garissa, is home to endangered wildlife including the Rothschild giraffe, gerenuk and other herbivores including Kirk's dik-dik, lesser kudu, warthog and waterbuck.