North Horr

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North Horr
Location of North Horr
Coordinates: 3°19′N37°04′E / 3.32°N 37.07°E / 3.32; 37.07 Coordinates: 3°19′N37°04′E / 3.32°N 37.07°E / 3.32; 37.07
Country Kenya
Province Eastern Province
Population
 (2019) [1]
  Total71,447
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)
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Two Samburu men playing while out herding the cattle.

North Horr is a settlement and Sub-County in Kenya's Eastern Province.

It is a village within North Horr Constituency with a population of 4,421 in its electoral ward in 2005. [2]

Catholic missionaries established a school there in 1965. [3]

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References

  1. 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County; retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Christianity Among the Nomads: The Catholic Church in Northern Kenya, Volume 1, pp. 154-6, by Paolo Tablino. Paulines Publications Africa, 2004. ISBN   9966217843, ISBN   9789966217844