The counties of Kenya (Swahili: Kaunti za Kenya) are geographical units created by the 2010 Constitution of Kenya as the new units of devolved government. They replaced the previous provincial system.
Map of Kenyan Counties
Under the new constitution, Kenya is now divided into 47 counties for administrative purposes. As of 2022, there were 47 counties whose size and boundaries were based on 1992 districts. County governments were established in all 47 counties after the general elections in March 2013.
The establishment and executive powers of the counties are provided in Chapter Eleven of the Constitution on devolved government, the Constitution's Fourth Schedule and any other legislation passed by the Senate of Kenya concerning counties.
Kenya is a country in East Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean in south east, neighboring countries are Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. With an area of 580,000 km², Kenya has a population of 43 million people (2014). Kenya’s climate varies from tropical along the coast to arid in interior. Kenya’s landscape varies from low plains near its coast at the Indian Ocean, to a fertile plateau in west.
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The country’s interior is dominated by the central highlands with the country’s highest point Mount Kenya at 5,199 m. North of the Kenyan Rift Valley lies Lake Turkana, formerly known as Lake Rudolf. It is the world’s largest permanent desert lake.
Largest and most populous city and the national capital of Kenya is Nairobi.
Here's a list of some cities and towns in Kenya:
- Anjo
- Archer's Post
- Banissa
- Baragoi
- Bomet
- Buna
- Bungoma
- Bur Mayo
- Bura
- Busia
- Bute
- Dadaab
- Dif
- El Wak
- Eldoret (pop. 200,000; has a large market and is home to the Moi University and Eldoret International Airport, IATA code: EDL)
- Embu
- Garissa
- Garsen
- Gilgil
- Habaswein
- Hola
- Homa Bay
- Ileret
- Iten
- Kabarnet
- Kajiado
- Kakamega
- Kakuma
- Kalokol
- Kapenguria
- Kapsabet
- Kathwana
- Kericho
- Kerugoya
- Kiambu
- Kibwezi
- Kilifi
- Kinna
- Kisii
- Kisima
- Kisumu (third largest city in Kenya; pop. 400,000)
- Kitale
- Kitui
- Kolbio
- Koobi Fora (First Homo Erectus)
- Kwale
- Laisamis
- Lamu (oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa)
- Liboi
- Lodwar
- Loiyangalani
- Lokichar
- Lokichogio
- Lokori
- Londiani
- Lorule
- Lowarengak
- Machakos
- Mado GashiIsiolo
- Magadi
- Malindi (tourism city at Malindi Bay)
- Mandera
- Maralal
- Mariakanii
- Marsabit
- Meru
- Migori
- Molo
- Mombasa (major port, second-largest city and the original capital of Kenya)
- Moyale
- Mtito Andei
- Murang'a
- Mwatate
- Mwingi
- Nairobi (capital city)
- Naivasha
- Nakuru (former capital of Kenya's Rift Valley province and Kenya's fourth largest city; pop.
List of all the 47 Counties in Kenya and their Codes
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