Dadaab
Dadaab is a well in Garissa County, Kenya. Dadaab is situated nearby to the locality Hagadera Refugee Camp, as well as near the town Ifo Refugee Camp.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dadaab.
Dadaab
Town
Photo: Oxfam East Africa, CC BY 2.0.
Dadaab is a semi-arid town in Garissa County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR base hosting 426,822 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of 28 February 2025, in four camps, making it one of the largest in the world behind Kutupalong refugee camp.
Dadaab
- Type: Well
- Category: body of water
- Location: Garissa County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.06128° or 0° 3′ 41″ northLongitude
40.31029° or 40° 18′ 37″ eastElevation
125 metres (410 feet)Open location code
6HG23866+G4GeoNames ID
199208
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Dadaab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “داداب”
- Arabic: “دداب”
- Persian: “داداب”
- Persian: “دداب”
- Urdu: “دادااب”
- Urdu: “دداب”
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