Moyale District

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Moyale District is a former administrative district in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. [1] Its capital town was Moyale. It had population of 53,479 and an area of 9,390 km2 . The district had only one local authority, Moyale county council. The district had one electoral constituency, the Moyale Constituency. [2]

Administrative divisions
DivisionPopulation*Urban
population*
population
density
Area (km2)Headquarters
Central28,2949,27662xMoyale
Golbo13,63305x
Obbu8,0433,5383xSololo
Uran3,50901x
Total53,47912,8146 (average)-
* 1999 census. Sources: , ,

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References

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