Samburu District was a district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It covered an area of roughly 21,000 km2 (8,000 mi2) in northern Kenya where the Samburu tribe live. The district had a population of 143,547 in the 1999 census.[1] It stretched north from the Wuaso Ng'iro River to the south of Lake Turkana and also includes Mount Kulal which lies just east of Lake Turkana.
The Samburu region was initially administered as part of the Northern Frontier District until 1921 when Samburu District (also known as Maralal District) was created. The district was headquartered at Barsaloi. In 1928, the district was merged with Gurba Tula to form the Isiolo District, only to be separated in 1934 for the former to join Rift Valley Province. In 1935, Samburu and Laikipia were merged within the Rift Valley Province, where they remained in place until 1947 when they were separated. Several merges will follow thereafter until 1962 when Samburu was as one of the districts of Rift Valley of Kenya.[2][3]
Within Samburu district were the towns of Maralal (capital), Baragoi, Archers Post, South Horr, Wamba and Lodosoit. It also included the Samburu National Reserve and Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Mount Ng'iro, Ndoro Mountains, Mathews Range (Ol Doinyo Lenkiyo), Kirisia Hills, and Loroki Forest.[4]
By the 2000s, the district was non-existent as it had been split into smaller districts of Samburu Central, Samburu East and Samburu West districts. They all had a population of 223,946.[5]
In 2010, after the promulgation of 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 Samburu County.
SamburuDistrict was a district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It covered an area of roughly 21,000 km2 (8,000 mi2) in northern Kenya where the...
later joined with SamburuDistrict to create a new Rumuruti District headquartered at Rumuruti, until 1947 when the two districts were separated again...
Samburu is a Maa language dialect spoken by Samburu pastoralists in northern Kenya. The Samburu number about 128,000 (or 147,000 including the Camus/Chamus)...
the district joined SamburuDistrict to form Isiolo District. In 1934, the Samburu would be transferred to the Rift Valley Province. Isiolo District was...
by the Joint Japan-Kenya Expedition at the SH22 fossil site in the SamburuDistrict, a locality where several other researchers found no ape fossils. Samburupithecus...
stay. It turns out that Lemalian has gone to his home village in the SamburuDistrict. Carola travels to the area, and stays at the house of another German...
Formation, one of five formations in the Neogene System in Nachola, SamburuDistrict, northern Kenya. The formation is largely part of the north-western...
SamburuDistrict J. Lenayiarra Kanite KADU 25 Trans-Nzoia District William Wamalwa 26 Uasin Gishu District E. M. Daliti 27 Elgeyo-Marakwet District J...
among the nomads: the Catholic communities in Marsabit, Moyale and Samburudistricts of Northern Kenya. volume II. Paulines Publications Africa. p. 37...
safety and efficacy of the treatments. IT Kenya has a project in the SamburuDistrict that is investigating effective EVM treatments. Vetaid is collaborating...
2011-09-15. Retrieved 2011-10-14. "Conserving Grevy's Zebra in the SamburuDistrict". EarthWatch. Archived from the original on 2011-10-30. Retrieved 2011-10-15...
among the nomads: the Catholic communities in Marsabit, Moyale and Samburudistricts of Northern Kenya. volume II. Paulines Publications Africa. p. 37...
conflict. In 2012, clashes over cattle between the ethnic groups in SamburuDistrict resulted in the deaths of over 40 people including police officers...
part of the Waso East ward in Samburu East Constituency and Samburu County Council of Samburu County. SamburuDistrict - Classified Road Network[permanent...
Kenya, a small town in SamburuDistrict, Rift Valley Province in central Kenya Wamba Hospital, a hospital in Wamba, SamburuDistrict, Kenya Wamba, Nigeria...
Zebra in the SamburuDistrict - Monitoring the distribution, population dynamics and interactions of Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi), in Samburu, Kenya for...
establish a health clinic in a disused government building in Lesirikan, SamburuDistrict, in northern Kenya. During this time she encountered the well known...
August, in Maralal, Samburu County, Northern Kenya. He attended Maralal Primary School where his father was a teacher and a District Education Officer(DEO)...
in 1964 as a forest reserve status. In 1995, a Trust was formed by the Samburu tribes to preserve the Namunyak Wildlife Conservacy, which remains one...
and the NFD was a closed district, as there was previously no urban centre to serve as district headquarters. The Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba...
over 50. Most of the El Molo population have shifted to the neighboring Samburu language. El Molo also has no known dialects but it is similar to Daasanach...
Afro-Asiatic language of the Cushitic branch, and now most El Molo speak Samburu. The El Molo are believed to have originally migrated down into the Turkana...
south and east, neighbouring counties in Kenya are West Pokot, Baringo and Samburu Counties, while Marsabit County is on the opposite (i.e. eastern) shore...
Kwale District was an administrative district in the Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kwale, although Msambweni and Ukunda are larger. The...
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