Isiolo is the capital of Isiolo County in Kenya, close to the geographical centre of the country and about 285 kilometres north of Nairobi. The town grew around local military camps and was designated the headquarters of the Northern Frontier Districts under the British East Africa Protectorate in 1922. Its people include Somali, Borana and Ameru residents along with Turkana, Samburu, Rendille and others, and it has a large market where brass, copper and aluminium jewellery is made. Isiolo lies on the A2 road towards Marsabit and Moyale and is a transport hub for trucks bound for the northern border town of Moyale. It is next to the Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba game reserves, has been the seat of a Catholic vicariate apostolic since 1995, and is planned as a tourist centre and a fork of the LAPSSET corridor under Kenya Vision 2030.
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Capital Of
Source Isiolo County (Wikipedia)
Largest City
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1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deCities, Towns and Urban Centers, 2019 census
Isiolo EA 8,201 11,331 16,824 28,854 43,746 78,650
Part Of: Kenya, Cities, Towns and Urban Centers
The population of all Kenyan cities, towns and urban centers with more than 15,000 inhabitants by census years.
On Continent: Africa, Page heading
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In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Cities, Towns and Urban Centers
The population of all Kenyan cities, towns and urban centers with more than 15,000 inhabitants by census years.
View the Source 2. Opentopodata: Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at Isiolo, Kenya
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"elevation": 1095.0
3. GeoNames: GeoNames search results for Isiolo, Kenya
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0.354615 37.582179 Kenya, Isiolo County seat of a first-order administrative division
4. Isiolo (Wikipedia)
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Isiolo is the capital of Kenya's Isiolo County.
5. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)grid cell 0.25 37.75Quote, grid cell 0.25 37.75
0.25 37.75 As
6. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/NairobiQuote, Zone Africa/Nairobi
Africa/Nairobi
Isiolo County (Wikipedia)
Capital Of: Isiolo County, Lead
The capital and largest town in the county is Isiolo.
Largest City: Isiolo County, Lead
The capital and largest town in the county is Isiolo.
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