en Garissa District

Garissa District was an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. The district is one the districts created by the British colonial government as part of the Northern Frontier Province.^[1] Its capital town was Garissa. The district had a population of 329,939. The district had an area of 44,952 km².^[2] before the Ijara District was split from it in 2002.

In 2013, Garissa County was formerly effected using the original boundaries of the district prior to the split.

Demographics

Division	Population*	Pop. density*	Area (km²)	Headquarters
Administrative divisions

Balambala	13,071	7	1867,3
Benane	13,381	16	836,3	Benane
Bura	13,009	2	6504,5
Central	70,791	82	863,3	Garissa
Dadaab	103,671	29	4505,9	Dadaab
Danyere	8,652	8	1081,5
Jarajila	50,455	6	8409,2
Liboi	17,140	5	3428,0	Liboi
Modogashe	14,656	7	2093,7	Mado Gashi
Sankuri	11,713	6	1952,2
Shant-Abak	13,329	4	3332,3
Total	329,868	-	34874,2	-
* 1999 census. Sources: [2]

Garissa district had three constituencies:

^ "Kenya Gazette dated 2nd April, 1963" (PDF). Gazettes.Africa. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "Kenya Districts". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.