Kakuma
Kakuma is a city in Kenya with a population of about 22,984.
KenyaTown🏆 #95 most populated in Kenya🕐 Africa/NairobiKakuma is a town in northwestern Turkana County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR refugee camp, established in 1992. The population of Kakuma town was 60,000 in 2014, having grown from around 8,000 in 1990. In 1991, the camp was established to host unaccompanied minors who had fled the war in Sudan, Somalia and from camps in Ethiopia. It was estimated that there were 12,000 "lost boys and girls" who had fled here via Egypt in 1990/91.
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About Kakuma
| Country | Kenya |
| Continent | Africa |
| Explore | 51 |
| Population | 22,984 |
| Local currency | KES |
| Coordinates | 3.7136, 34.8572 |
| Time zone | Africa/Nairobi |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Town |
| Distance to the capital | 597 km · Nairobi |
| Population (Kenya) | #95 most populated in Kenya |
| Where on Earth | 3°42′49″N · 34°51′26″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 413 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 9,605 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Percut (Indonesia) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -3.71, -145.14 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Cairo | 2,953 km |
| Dubai | 3,236 km |
| Moscow | 5,792 km |
| Paris | 5,888 km |
| London | 6,224 km |
| Singapore | 7,664 km |