Liboi

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Liboi is a town in North Eastern Province of Kenya. It is located 18 kilometres west of the Somali border, and is an important border crossing point to Somalia. Liboi is located along the A3 road, 75 kilometres east of Dadaab and 175 kilometres east of Garissa, the provincial and district capital. Liboi is an administrative location in Liboi division, one of eleven administrative divisions of the Garissa District. Liboi location has a total population of 11,441.[1] Electorally Liboi is a ward and part of Lagdera Constituency.

In the early 1990s, at the beginning of the Somali Civil War, Liboi was the site of a major refugee camp; in 1992, fifty thousand Somalis were living near Liboi.[2]

The town has an airstrip[3] and a border post on the road to Somalia.

References

  1. ↑ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)
  2. ↑ Perlez, Jane (February 16, 1992), "Somali Refugees Find Little Relief at Kenya Camp", The New York Times (Nairobi, Kenya) 
  3. ↑ World Airport Codes

Coordinates: 0°21′07″N 40°52′19″E / 0.352°N 40.872°E / 0.352; 40.872

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