Kakuma is a town in Turkana County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Rift Valley Province. GeoNames locates it at 3.71 degrees north and 34.86 degrees east, at about 603 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 22,984 inhabitants, fewer than the 31,581 recorded at the 2009 census. Its earliest census figure in that table is 9,107 inhabitants in 1999.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deTable row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
RV......... 9,107 31,581 22,984
Table row, census date 2019-08-24
RV......... 9,107 31,581 22,984
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Kakuma
GeoNames page, Population
Population 22,984
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone Africa/Nairobi
GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 603 m
Coordinates
Coordinates 3.71363, 34.85720
SRTM3 elevation
SRTM3 603 m
Part Of: Kenya, GeoNames page, country hierarchy
Kenya KE Country
On Continent: Africa, GeoNames page, breadcrumb
Africa › Kenya KE
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), GeoNames page, country hierarchy
Kenya KE Country
View the Source3. Kakuma (Wikipedia)
Lead, locationQuote, Lead, location
Kakuma is a town in northwestern Turkana County, Kenya.
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cellQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
3.75 34.75 Aw
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