Isiolo District was an administrative district in Eastern Province of Kenya , with its capital at Isiolo town.
4-524: The district's origin go back to when the Garba Tula and Bulesa areas was carved out of Wajir District , between 1917 and 1918. The district, within the Northern Frontier District , was headquartered at Bulesa shortly before being moved to Garba Tula . The district will later return under Wajir District's administration for five years before civilian administration was restored in 1925. In 1929,
8-712: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wajir District Wajir District was an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya . The district was created off the Northern Frontier District by the colonial government prior to independence. Its capital town was Wajir . The district had a population of 319,261 and an area of 55,501 km². Wajir district had only one local authority: Wajir county council. The district had four constituencies: Wajir North , Wajir West , Wajir East and Wajir South . In 2013, Wajir District ceased to exist and its boundaries formed Wajir County in line with
12-521: The district joined Samburu District to form Isiolo District. In 1934, the Samburu would be transferred to the Rift Valley Province . Isiolo District was one of the forty districts of 1963. By 2005, Isiolo District had been split into two; the additional district known as Garba Tula. The total population of the two districts stood at 143,294 as per the 2009 census. In 2010, after the promulgation of
16-606: The new constitution of Kenya , counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that existed prior to 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Isiolo County . Isiolo district had only one local authority, Isiolo county council. The district has two constituencies: Isiolo North Constituency and Isiolo South Constituency . The district was divided into six administrative divisions: Central, Garba Tula, Kinna, Merti, and Sericho. 0°53′00″N 38°40′00″E / 0.883333°N 38.6667°E / 0.883333; 38.6667 This Kenyan history -related article
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