Wajir District is an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Wajir. The district has a population of 319,261 and an area of 55,501 km² [1]. Wajir district has only one local authority: Wajir county council. The district has four constituencies: Wajir North, Wajir West, Wajir East and Wajir South. Wajir District is divided into fourteen administrative divisions:
| Administrative divisions |
|
| Division |
Population* |
Pop. density* |
Area (km²) |
Headquarters |
| Buna |
29,160 |
5 |
x |
Buna |
| Bute |
14,684 |
20 |
x |
Bute |
| Central |
51,006 |
22 |
x |
Wajir |
| Diff |
19,052 |
3 |
x |
|
| Eldas |
9,166 |
4 |
x |
|
| Griftu |
42,333 |
6 |
x |
|
| Gurar |
18,087 |
7 |
x |
Gurar |
| Habaswein |
27,467 |
6 |
x |
Habaswein |
| Hadado |
19,787 |
5 |
x |
|
| Kotulo |
23,016 |
9 |
x |
|
| Lafaley |
5,883 |
12 |
x |
|
| Sebule |
25,699 |
3 |
x |
|
| Tarbaj |
22,758 |
4 |
x |
Tarbaj |
| Wajir-Bor |
17,046 |
4 |
x |
|
| Total |
319,261 |
6 (average) |
x |
- |
| * 1999 census. Sources: [2] |
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