Turkana County

E382740
administrative division county

Turkana County is a vast, arid county in northwestern Kenya known for its pastoralist communities, rich fossil and archaeological sites, and proximity to Lake Turkana.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Turkana County canonical 11
Turkana Central sub-county 1
Turkana East sub-county 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
borders Baringo County ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Marsabit County ⓘ
Samburu County ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
West Pokot County ⓘ
capital Lodwar ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
contains Lake Turkana ⓘ
surface form: Lake Turkana Basin

Loima sub-county ⓘ
Turkana County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Turkana Central sub-county

Turkana County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Turkana East sub-county

Turkana County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Turkana North sub-county

Turkana County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Turkana South sub-county

Turkana West sub-county ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
dominantReligion Christianity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Turkana people ⓘ
governance county government ⓘ
hasAirport Lodwar Airport ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Koobi Fora ⓘ
surface form: Koobi Fora region (Lake Turkana area)
hasOfficial Governor of Turkana County ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ
surface form: Sibiloi National Park vicinity (Lake Turkana)
hasWaterBody Lake Turkana ⓘ
knownFor archaeological sites ⓘ
fossil sites ⓘ
pastoralist communities ⓘ
proximity to Lake Turkana ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Kenya ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity livestock rearing ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
partOf Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Kenya
region Rift Valley region ⓘ
surface form: Rift Valley region of Kenya
seat Lodwar ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
traditionalBeliefs Turkana indigenous religion ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Turkana → borderedBy → Turkana County ⓘ
El Molo → associatedWith → Turkana County ⓘ
Rift Valley Province → containsCounty → Turkana County ⓘ
Turkana County → contains → Turkana County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkana South sub-county
Turkana County → contains → Turkana County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkana North sub-county
Turkana County → contains → Turkana County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkana Central sub-county
Turkana County → contains → Turkana County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkana East sub-county
Central Island National Park → locatedInCounty → Turkana County ⓘ
Northern Kenya → includesCounty → Turkana County ⓘ
Koobi Fora → administrativeRegion → Turkana County ⓘ
Marsabit County → bordersCounty → Turkana County ⓘ
North Island → locatedIn → Turkana County ⓘ
subject surface form: North Island (Lake Turkana)
Lothagam → locatedInCounty → Turkana County ⓘ
Lake Turkana National Parks → region → Turkana County ⓘ
Kerio River → flowsNear → Turkana County ⓘ