Garissa
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Garissa is a city in North Eastern Province, Kenya. It is the capital of the province and Garissa District. Garissa is located near . It has a population of 65,881 (1999 census). [1] The Tana River flows through the city of Garissa.
Most of the inhabitants of Garissa are ethnic Somalis.
The major clans in the region belong to the Ogaden sub-clan of the Somali Darod. There are also a small number of other minority tribes commonly referred to as corner tribes.
Garissa forms a municipality that has six wards (Biashara, Bulla, Jamhuri, Market, Mashambani and Stadium). All of them belong to Dujis Constituency, which has a total of thirteen wards. The remaining seven are located within Garissa County Council, the rural council of Garissa District [2].
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- ^ "Population of Local Authorities" (with towns), Government of Kenya, 1999, webpage: GovtKenya-Population-PDF.
- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency
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