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Garissa
Garissa County · Kenya
City population
163,399
#17
in Kenya
#3,484
worldwide
-0.453, 39.646 · 328 km from Nairobi
About Garissa
Garissa is a city in Garissa County, Kenya with a population of 163,399. It is the 17th largest of the 119 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Kenya, and the 3,484th largest worldwide. It lies 328 km from Nairobi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Garissa County
Elevation
147 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Nairobi
Coordinates
-0.453, 39.646
Record updated
2023-12-21
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 119 in KenyaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.