Turkana County

The Turkana District was an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of . It was the northwesternmost district in the country and is bordered by to the west; and to the north and northeast; and to the east.
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Turkana County

Latitude
3.2° or 3° 12′ north
Longitude
35.4667° or 35° 28′ east
Population
927,000
Elevation
516 metres (1,693 feet)
Open location code
6GMQ6F28+2M
Geo­Names ID
178914
Wiki­data ID
Q122955732
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Turkana County” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: توركانا
  • Catalan: Turkana
  • Cebuano: Turkana
  • Chinese: 圖爾卡納郡
  • Dutch: Turkana
  • Finnish: Turkanan piirikunta
  • French: Turkana
  • German: Turkana District
  • Hebrew: טורקנה
  • Indonesian: Kabupaten Turkana
  • Italian: Contea di Turkana
  • Japanese: トゥルカナ
  • Korean: 투르카나현
  • Madurese: Turkana
  • Min Nan Chinese: Turkana Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Turkana
  • Persian: شهرستان تورکانا
  • Polish: Turkana
  • Russian: Туркана
  • Spanish: Condado de Turkana
  • Swahili: Kaunti ya Turkana
  • Swedish: Turkana
  • Urdu: ترکانا کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Turkana
  • Welsh: Sir Turkana
  • Zulu: Turkana County

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