Wajir is a populated place in Wajir County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former North Eastern Province. GeoNames locates it at 1.75 degrees north and 40.06 degrees east, at about 258 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 90,116 inhabitants, against 16,188 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 5.6 times the earlier figure in ten years.
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
NE............ 16,188 90,116
Table row, census date 2019-08-24
NE............ 16,188 90,116
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Wajir
GeoNames page, Population
Population 90,116
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone Africa/Nairobi
GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 258 m
Coordinates
Coordinates 1.74710, 40.05732
SRTM3 elevation
SRTM3 258 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. Wajir (Wikipedia)
Lead, locationQuote, Lead, location
Wajir (Somali: Wajeer) is the capital of Wajir 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
1.75 40.25 BSh
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