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Turkana District

Turkana County
County
Lake Turkana Aerial Photo
Lake Turkana Aerial Photo
Location of Turkana County (red) including the disputed Elemi Triangle (diagonally striped red)
Location of Turkana County (red) including the disputed Elemi Triangle (diagonally striped red)
Coordinates: 3°09′N 35°21′E / 3.150°N 35.350°E / 3.150; 35.350
Country  Kenya
Formed 4 March 2013
Capital Lodwar
Government
 • Governor Joseph Nanok
Area
 • Total 71,597.8 km2 (27,644.1 sq mi)
Elevation 1,138 m (3,734 ft)
Population (2009)
 • Total 855,399
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
Website turkana.go.ke

Turkana County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Turkana is the largest and also the north-western most county in Kenya. It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to the west; South Sudan and Ethiopia, including the disputed Ilemi Triangle, to the north and northeast; and Lake Turkana to the east. To the south and east, neighbouring counties in Kenya are West Pokot, Baringo and Samburu Counties, while Marsabit County is located on the opposite (i.e. eastern) shore of Lake Turkana.

Four sites of Stone Age cultures are situated upon tributaries along the west side of Lake Turkana in West Turkana; at Lokalalei, Kokiselei and Nadung, and became of interest to archaeology beginning sometime during 1988.

The earliest late Stone age industries in prehistory were found in Turkana, at the site of Lomekwi, and date to 3,300,000 years. At the archaeological site of Nataruk, in Southwest Turkana, scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of inter-group conflict in the past, establishing that warfare occur between groups of hunter-gatherers.

Direct influence by colonial forces, in the form of pacification within the district began in 1900 and ended in 1918.

During 1926, the entire Turkana people were subjugated to a body of the British military who subsequently restricted their movements to an area of Kenya, forcing these to settle in the area known now as the Turkana County.

During 1958, the district experienced an influx of a number of people classified as belonging to the Turkana people expelled from the Kenyan settlement Isiolo town to be forcibly relocated to the Turkana district by persons of the then British colonial administration.

The district maintained an all but complete isolation from influences of any other countries peoples until the time during 1976 when road-blocks on entering the district were ceased.


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