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Website. https://isiolo.go.ke/. Isiolo is a town in Isiolo County, of which it is the capital. It is located in the upper eastern region of Kenya and is geographically considered the center of the country Kenya. It lies 285 kilometers north of the capital Nairobi. The town grew around the local military camps.
Isiolo County is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its population is 268,002 (2019 census) [1] and its capital and largest city is Isiolo. Isiolo County is to be the first county to be developed as part of the Kenya Vision 2030 program. Other upcoming urban centres are: Garbatulla, Modogashe, Kinna, Merti and Oldonyiro. [2]
Kenya, Eastern Province, Isiolo District. Coordinates. 0°38′24″N 37°49′48″E / 0.640037°N 37.830005°E / 0.640037; 37.830005. Area. 23,910 hectares (59,100 acres) Established. 1974. Shaba National Reserve is a protected area in Isiolo County in northern Kenya to the east of the Samburu and Buffalo Springs national reserves.
The Buffalo Springs National Reserve is located south of the Samburu National Reserve, which lies on the other side of the Ewaso Ngiro River. It is named after an oasis of clear water at its western end. The reserve has an area of 131 square kilometres (51 sq mi), and its altitude ranges between 850 metres (2,790 ft) and 1,230 metres (4,040 ft ...
Isiolo Airport is a civilian airport, serving Isiolo, Meru and surrounding communities. Situated at 1,067 metres (3,501 ft) above sea level, [6] the airport has a single asphalt runway 16/34 that measures 5,000 feet (1,500 m) long. [7] In February 2013, Kenyan media reports indicated that the airport was undergoing renovations and improvements ...
Isiolo–Mandera Road, is a road in Kenya. It is a major transport route linking north-central Kenya to Kenya's northeast. The counties that the road traverses are generally arid, and have hitherto been undeserved. [1] This road project is the largest and most expensive infrastructure project in northeastern Kenya since the country became ...
Massacre. During the Shifta War in the 1960s, civilians of the Kenyan Somali community were murdered by government soldiers, including the 1967 killing of 18 elders in the Isiolo Mosque during prayer time at around noon. [ 1] There were an estimated 2,700 Somali Kenyans killed Isiolo County at the hand of Kenyan security forces.
Isiolo District. Coordinates: 0.883333°N 38.6667°E. Isiolo District was an administrative district in Eastern Province of Kenya, with its capital at Isiolo town. [ 1] The district's origin go back to when the Garba Tula and Bulesa areas was carved out of Wajir District, between 1917 and 1918. The district, within the Northern Frontier ...