Wamba, Kenya

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Coordinates: 0°59′0″N37°19′0″E / 0.98333°N 37.31667°E / 0.98333; 37.31667 Coordinates: 0°59′0″N37°19′0″E / 0.98333°N 37.31667°E / 0.98333; 37.31667
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Province Samburu County

Wamba is a small town in Samburu County in central Kenya. It is located south-southwest edge of the Mathews Range, and northwest of the Samburu National Reserve. The northbound Isiolo - Moyale road (A2 road) is about 40 kilometres drives east of Wamba. [1]

Wamba town is the headquarters of the Wamba administrative division, which is divided into five locations, Wamba being one of them. [2] The location has a population of 4,051 (1999 census). [3]

Wamba forms an electoral ward of the Samburu East Constituency and Samburu County Council. [4]

The town was featured in Episode 9 of Survivor: Africa.

Health care

Wamba Hospital is located in Wamba. [5]

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References

  1. Rough Guide Map to Kenya
  2. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Kenya_AdminLevels_1-4
  3. Central Bureau of Statistics (Kenya): Geographic Dimensions of Well-Being in Kenya
  4. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency Archived June 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "StackPath".