Samburu District
Samburu District was a
The Samburu region was initially administered as part of the
Within Samburu district were the towns of
By the 2000s, the district was non-existent as it had been split into smaller districts of Samburu Central, Samburu East and Samburu West districts. They all had a population of 223,946.[5]
In 2010, after the promulgation of the new constitution of Kenya, counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that existed prior to 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Samburu County.
District subdivision
The district had two constituencies: Samburu East Constituency and Samburu West Constituency; two local authorities: Maralal Town Council and Samburu County Council;[6] six divisions: Baragoi, Kirisia, Lorroki, Nyiro, Wamba, and Waso.[4]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 76,908 | — |
| 1989 | 108,884 | +41.6% |
| 1999 | 143,547 | +31.8% |
| 2005 | 169,413 | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 223,946 | +32.2% |
| source:[7][4] | ||
References
- ^ "Kenya Districts". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "description of the districts and provinces". Syracuse University. p. 5. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ "Kenya Gazette dated 2nd April, 1963" (PDF). Gazettes.Africa. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "SAMBURU DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT ACTION PLAN 2009-2013" (PDF). NEMA. pp. 27, 28. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ "The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Amazonaws. p. 117. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "samburu council main". samburucouncil.com. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ Kenya: Administrative Division population statistics
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