Wajir

E838533

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

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