North Eastern Province (Kenya)

Location of North Eastern Province in Kenya.

The capital of the North Eastern Province of Kenya, bordering Somalia, is Garissa (click to enlarge map)

The North Eastern Province of Kenya, bordering Somalia, is one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi. The provincial capital is the town of Garissa, near Coast Province. The overall population is 962,143 (in 1999) and its land area is 126,902 km² [1].

Formerly known as the Northern Frontier District, the North Eastern Province covers most of northeastern Kenya and is inhabited by pastoralist communities. The prominent ethnic group is Somali people. There have been many large Refugee camps in the area, with most refugees from Somalia.

Climate

Mandera
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     1     35 23     4     36 25     24     36 26     83     35 26     24     33 25     0     32 24     0     32 23     1     33 23     2     34 24     43     34 24     36     34 24     9     35 23 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0     95 73     0.2     97 77     0.9     97 79     3.3     95 79     0.9     91 77     0     90 75     0     90 73     0     91 73     0.1     93 75     1.7     93 75     1.4     93 75     0.4     95 73 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

North Eastern Province is the third largest province in Kenya and got thirteen consitutencies represented in the Kenya National assembly, The parliament.

The Somali people of Kenya who form 99.9% of the people living in NEP have constantly been marginalized by succesive government since Kenya gained independence.The Kenyatta Government once imposed a total emergency in NEP during the 1970's through to Moi's Government of 1980's in which Somalis were treated as second class citizens.

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The Province is home to World's rare antelope, called the [[Image:Hirola, http://bp2.blogger.com/_jWJOCio02kQ/R-i7VnqeO_I/AAAAAAAAAls/- which is classified as an Endangered species as well as over one million livestock population.

The climate of North Eastern Province of Kenya is semi-arid and extremely hot. Rain falls rarely, usually only around April or October, and is extremely erratic from year to year. Combined with hot temperatures and extreme evaporation, this makes the region best suited to nomadic pastoralism based around the Arabian camel which is exceptionally adapted at surviving such a hot, dry climate, and also the donkey, which has been prevented by diseases from spreading southward into more humid climates.

Apart from the Tana in the south, there are no rivers of any significance, though there are a few tributaries of the Jubba River near the Somali border which very rarely have any water in them. Consequently, there is little or no possibility of irrigation-based development, and pastoralists rely exclusively on wells to water their stock and for domestic use.

60- 70% of all the Livestock from Kenya comes from North Eastern Province and is sometimes exported to Middle East and other Asian countries.

The biggest airport in the area is the Wajir Airport.

Districts

District	Capital
Garissa	Garissa
Ijara	Ijara
Wajir	Wajir
Mandera	Mandera

See also

• Trans-Juba

References

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