Marsabit County

Marsabit County is a county in , covering a surface area of 66,923.1 square kilometres. Marsabit is the second largest county by size in Kenya after Turkana county which has an area of 71,597.8 km2.
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  • Type: county of Kenya with 460,000 residents
  • Description: county of Kenya
  • Also known as: Marsabit District

Marsabit County

Latitude
2.9667° or 2° 58′ north
Longitude
37.6° or 37° 36′ east
Population
460,000
Elevation
414 metres (1,358 feet)
Open location code
6GJVXH8X+MX
Geo­Names ID
187583
Wiki­data ID
Q1323683
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Zulu—“Marsabit County” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Marsabit
  • Cebuano: Marsabit
  • Chinese: Marsabit Kūn
  • Chinese: 馬薩比特郡
  • Dutch: Marsabit County
  • Dutch: Marsabit
  • Finnish: Marsabitin piirikunta
  • French: Comté de Marsabit
  • French: Marsabit
  • German: Marsabit County
  • German: Marsabit District
  • Indonesian: County Marsabit
  • Italian: contea di Marsabit
  • Italian: Contea di Marsabit
  • Japanese: マーサビット郡
  • Japanese: マルサビット (カウンティ)
  • Japanese: マルサビット
  • Japanese: マルサビット県
  • Korean: 마르사비트현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Marsabit Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Marsabit fylke
  • Norwegian: Marsabit fylke
  • Persian: شهرستان مارسابیت
  • Polish: Marsabit
  • Russian: Марсабит
  • Spanish: condado de Marsabit
  • Spanish: Condado de Marsabit
  • Spanish: Marsabit
  • Swahili: Kaunti ya Marsabit
  • Swedish: Marsabit
  • Tumbuka: Marsabit, Kenya
  • Urdu: مارسابیت کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Marsabit
  • Vietnamese: Marsabit
  • Welsh: Sir Marsabit
  • Zulu: Marsabit County

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