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Garissa County is in the former North Eastern Province of Kenya. The County is most known for Garissa town which has been bestowed the title of the safest town in Eastern and Central Africa. Its capital town is Garissa. Garissa County has a total population of 623,060. A male population of 334,939 and a female population of 288,121 (census 2009)

Garissa county has six(6) counties: Garissa Township, Ijara, Dadaab, Lagdera, Fafi and Balambala