Geographical Location
With its administrative headquarters located in Lodwar town, Turkana County is the second largest of the forty-seven (47) counties in the Republic of Kenya . It covers an area of 77,000 square kilometers (including water bodies) and accounts for 13.5 percent of the total land area in Kenya.
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The County is located between longitudes 340 30’ and 360 40’ East and between latitudes 10 30’ and 50 30’ North.
Turkana County borders
Uganda
to the West;
South Sudan
and
Ethiopia
to the North and North-East respectively.
Lake Turkana lies in the East
.
To the South and East, the neighbouring counties are West Pokot, Baringo, and Samburu Counties while Marsabit County is located on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana
.