Liboi

Liboi is a town in Garissa County, Kenya. It is located 18 kilometres west of the Somali border, and has an important border crossing to Somalia. Liboi is located along the A3 road, 75 kilometres east of Dadaab and 175 kilometres east of Garissa, the 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]

Liboi has an airstrip.[3]

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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