North Eastern Province | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:North_Eastern_in_Kenya.svg) Location in Kenya | |
| Coordinates: 1°0′N 40°15′E / 1.000°N 40.250°E | |
| Country |  Kenya |
| Capital | Garissa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 127,358.5 km2 (49,173.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 2,310,757 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
The North Eastern Province is one of the former provinces of Kenya. It had a land area of 127,358.5 km2, with its capital at Garissa. The North Eastern Province was carved out of the then Northern Frontier District (NFD) prior to independence.[1]
During negotiations for Kenya's independence, Britain granted administration of the NFD which included all of the North Eastern province to Kenyan nationalists despite an informal plebiscite showing the overwhelming desire of the region's population to join the newly formed Somali Republic. It is, and has historically been, mostly inhabited by Somalis.[2][3]
- ^ Osman, Mohamed Amin AH (1993). Somalia, proposals for the future. SPM. pp. 1–10.
- ^ Rhoda E. Howard, Human Rights in Commonwealth Africa, (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.: 1986), p.95
- ^ William T. Pink, George W. Noblit (3 September 2008). International Handbook of Urban Education. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 130. ISBN 9781402051999.