Lokichar
Lokichar is a small town in Kenya's Turkana County. Lokichar is situated in the heart of the dusty and arid Turkana basin in the Rift Valley, 550 km north-east of Nairobi.Photo: Rupumped, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nganukonharengak.
Nganukonharengak
Village
Photo: Rupumped, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nganukonharengak is a settlement in Kenya's Turkana County. Nganukonharengak is situated 4½ km southwest of Lokichar.
Lokichar
- Type: Town with 12,700 residents
- Description: place in Turkana, Kenya
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Turkana County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
2.37666° or 2° 22′ 36″ northLongitude
35.64599° or 35° 38′ 46″ eastPopulation
12,700Elevation
763 metres (2,503 feet)United Nations Location Code
KE LRVOpen location code
6GJQ9JGW+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 44931366OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swahili—“Lokichar” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lokichar”
- German: “lokichar”
- Irish: “Lokichar”
- Persian: “لوکیچار”
- South Azerbaijani: “لوکیچار”
- Swahili: “Lokichar”
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