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Takaba

Eastern Africa

Takaba is a town in Mandera County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former North Eastern Province. GeoNames locates it at 3.36 degrees north and 40.22 degrees east, at about 598 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 21,517 inhabitants, against 21,271 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 1 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 2,931 inhabitants in 1999.

Facts
Population
21,517 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
598 2
Latitude
3.35528 degrees north 2
Longitude
40.22278 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Table row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
    NE......... 2,931 21,271 21,517
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    NE......... 2,931 21,271 21,517
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2. GeoNames: Takaba
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 21,517
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 598 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates 3.35528, 40.22278
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 598 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
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3. Takaba, Kenya (Wikipedia)
Lead, location
Quote, Lead, location
Takaba is a town in Mandera County, in northeastern Kenya.
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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 cell
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
3.25 40.25 BSh
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