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.
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
.