Marsabit District is an administrative district

Districts of Kenya

The provinces of Kenya are subdivided into number of districts .- List of districts of Kenya :Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there are 46 legal districts in Kenya :Coast Province:...

 in the Eastern Province

Eastern Province (Kenya)

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 of Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. Its capital town is Marsabit

Marsabit

Marsabit is a town in northern Kenya, located 170 km east of the center of the East African Rift at 37°58' E, 2°19' N . It is located in the Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park and Reserve...

. The district has a population of 121,478 http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf

The district is located in northern Kenya. It borders the eastern shore of Lake Turkana

Lake Turkana

Lake Turkana , formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake...

.

Marsabit District has only one local authority, Marsabit county council. The district is divided into six administrative divisions:

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Central	25,100	10,619	Marsabit
Gadamoji	12,345	0
Laisamis	24,011	2,817	Laisamis Laisamis Laisamis is a settlement in Kenya's Eastern Province. In Laisamis there is a Catholic church dedicated to St George....
Loiyangalani Loiyangalani Loiyangalani is a small town located on the southeastern coast of Lake Turkana in Kenya. The town has 1000 inhabitants . Loiyangalani means "a place of many trees" in the native Samburu tongue. It is home to Turkana people and was founded near a freshwater spring in the 1960s where the El Molo...	16,965	1,054
Maikona	19,518	0	Maikona
North Horr	23,539	2,343	North Horr
Total	121,478	16,833	-

The district has three constituencies:

• North Horr Constituency
  North Horr Constituency
  North Horr Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies in Marsabit District. The entire constituency is located within Marsabit County Council area. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections....
  
  
• Saku Constituency
  Saku Constituency
  Saku Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies in Marsabit District. The entire constituency is located within Marsabit County Council area. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections....
  
  
• Laisamis Constituency
  Laisamis Constituency
  Laisamis Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies in Marsabit District. The entire constituency is located within Marsabit County Council area. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections....
  
  

External links

• http://softkenya.com/county/marsabit-county/Marsabit County
• http://www.aridland.go.ke/bulletins/August%202006-Marsabit.pdf