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Wajir
Sign in to saveWajir () is the capital of Wajir County in Kenya. It is situated in the former North Eastern Province.
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Place details
- Locality
- Wajir
- Region
- Wajir
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 90,116
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Wajir
- Settlement.native_name
- Wajeer
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wajir from air.JPG
- Settlement.image_seal
- Degodia Flag 1.png
- 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
- Wajir County
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019
- Settlement.population_total
- 130116
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1200
- Settlement.postal_code
- 70200
- Settlement.area_code
- 46
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- Demographics
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Etymology
- See also
- References
- External links
Wajir () is the capital of Wajir County in Kenya. It is situated in the former North Eastern Province.
==History== A cluster of cairns near Wajir are generally ascribed by the local inhabitants to the Maadiinle, a semi-legendary people of high stature, who are associated with the Somali. A. T. Curle (1933) reported the excavation of two of these large tumuli, finding traces of skeletal remains which crumbled at his touch, as well as earthenware shards and a copper ring.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wajir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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