Mandera

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Mandera is a remote town in northeastern Kenya near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia, serving as a key regional trading and administrative center.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mandera County 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeLevel county capital
borderTriangleWith Kenya–Somalia–Ethiopia tri-border area
climate arid climate
climateClassification hot desert climate
coordinateLocation 3.938°N 41.856°E
country Kenya
countrySubdivisionCapitalOf Mandera County NERFINISHED
distanceToNairobi approximately 1100 km by road
dominantReligion Islam NERFINISHED
elevation approximately 225 metres above sea level
governingCountry Republic of Kenya NERFINISHED
hasBorderCrossingWith Ethiopia NERFINISHED
Somalia NERFINISHED
hasEducationalInstitutionType primary schools
secondary schools
hasHealthFacility Mandera County Referral Hospital NERFINISHED
hasMarket Mandera town main market
locatedIn Mandera County NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Mandera County NERFINISHED
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInGeographicFeature Horn of Africa region NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion North Eastern Province NERFINISHED
northeastern Kenya
locatedOnRiver Dawa River NERFINISHED
majorEthnicGroup Somali NERFINISHED
nearBorderWith Ethiopia NERFINISHED
Somalia NERFINISHED
officialLanguage English
Swahili NERFINISHED
partOf Mandera County NERFINISHED
North Eastern Kenya NERFINISHED
postalCode 70300
primaryEconomicActivity cross-border trade
livestock trade
retail commerce
roadConnection Garissa–Mandera road corridor NERFINISHED
role county headquarters of Mandera County
regional administrative center
regional trading center
securityChallenges Al-Shabaab-related attacks
cross-border insecurity
servedBy Mandera Airport NERFINISHED
timeZone East Africa Time
transportMode air transport
road transport
utcOffset +3

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North Eastern Province of Kenya nowDividedInto Mandera
this entity surface form: Mandera County
Northern Kenya includesCounty Mandera
this entity surface form: Mandera County
Northern Kenya hasMajorTown Mandera
Marsabit County bordersCounty Mandera
this entity surface form: Mandera County
Somalia–Kenya border passesThroughAdministrativeRegion Mandera
this entity surface form: Mandera County