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Also known as Lokichoggio, Lokichokio

Lokichogio (also Lokichoggio or Lokichokio), is a town in Turkana County in northwest Kenya (). It is often called Loki for short. The town lies on the A1 road, and is served by the Lokichogio Airport.

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Place details

Locality
Lokichogio
Region
Turkana
Country
Kenya
Population
11,626
Timezone
Africa/Nairobi

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Key facts

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Lokichogio
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lokichokio.jpg
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Kenya
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200px
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Location of Lokichogio
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Country
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County
Settlement.subdivision_name
Kenya
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Turkana County
Settlement.timezone
EAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+3

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Country
Kenya
Located in
Turkana County
Image
Lokichokio.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

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Lokichogio (also Lokichoggio or Lokichokio), is a town in Turkana County in northwest Kenya (). It is often called Loki for short. The town lies on the A1 road, and is served by the Lokichogio Airport.

It is about 30 kilometers from the international border with South Sudan and hosts the UN offices (part of the Operation Lifeline Sudan program), around 49 NGOs, and a large orthopedic hospital run by the ICRC.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lokichogio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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