Wajir

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Wajir is a major town in northeastern Kenya that serves as an important commercial and administrative center in a predominantly arid, pastoralist region.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wajir canonical 3
Wajir town 1
Wajir, Kenya 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeLevel county headquarters
airportIataCode WJR
airportType civilian airport
military airport
borderingRegion Ethiopia (at county level)
Somalia (at county level)
climate arid climate
climateClassification hot desert climate
coordinateLocation 1.7500°N 40.0500°E
country Kenya
dominantReligion Islam
environment semi-desert
hasAirport Wajir Airport
hasInfrastructure airstrip
bus station
hasLandUse pastoralism
hasPublicService county government offices
hospitals
markets
primary schools
secondary schools
historicalEvent affected by 2011 Horn of Africa drought
isAdministrativeCenterFor Wajir County
isCommercialCenterFor Wajir County
isCountyHeadquartersOf Wajir County
localLanguage Somali
locatedIn Northeastern Kenya
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Wajir County
officialLanguage English
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
partOf former North Eastern Province of Kenya
populationMajority Somali ethnic groups
primaryEconomicActivity livestock trade
retail trade
transport services
regionType pastoralist region
roadConnection Garissa
Mandera
Moyale
Nairobi
subjectTo recurrent droughts
terrain flat
timeZone East Africa Time
utcOffset +3
waterSource boreholes
shallow wells

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Referenced by (5)

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Wajir Air Base location Wajir, Kenya
linked to: Wajir
Wajir Air Base serves Wajir town
linked to: Wajir