Kakuma

Kakuma is a town in northwestern , . It is the site of a UNHCR refugee camp, established in 1992. The population of Kakuma town was 60,000 in 2014, having grown from around 8,000 in 1990.
Wikipedia
  • Town with 23,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 603 metres (1,978 feet)
  • Description: human settlement and refugee camp
  • Also known as
    “Kakuma (Kenya)”
    “Kakuma Town”

Kakuma

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Latitude
3.70629° or 3° 42′ 23″ north
Longitude
34.87349° or 34° 52′ 25″ east
Open location code
6GMPPV4F+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10863666006
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
195197
Wiki­data ID
Q1186085

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Zulu—“Kakuma” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “কাকুমা”
  • Catalan: “Kakuma”
  • Chinese: “卡库马”
  • Chinese: “卡庫馬”
  • Czech: “Kakuma”
  • Danish: “Kakuma”
  • Dutch: “Kakuma”
  • Finnish: “Kakuma”
  • French: “Kakuma”
  • Galician: “Kakuma”
  • German: “Kakuma (Kenya)”
  • German: “Kakuma”
  • Hebrew: “קקומה”
  • Irish: “Kakuma”
  • Italian: “Kakuma”
  • Japanese: “カクマ”
  • Japanese: “カクマ難民キャンプ”
  • Polish: “Kakuma”
  • Romanian: “Kakuma”
  • Russian: “Какума”
  • Spanish: “Kakuma”
  • Swahili: “Kakuma”
  • Swedish: “Kakuma”
  • Ukrainian: “Какума”
  • Urdu: “کاکوما”
  • Zulu: “Kakuma”

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