Garissa District is an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Garissa. The district has a population of 329,939 [1]. The district had an area of 44,952 km² [2] before the Ijara District was split from it in 2002.

Garissa district has three constituencies:

Garissa is a city in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. It is the capital of both the province and Garissa District.

Garissa is located at 0°27′25″S 39°39′30″E / 0.45694°S 39.65833°E / -0.45694; 39.65833 and has a population of 65,881 inhabitants (1999 census). The Tana River flows through the city.

Most of the town's inhabitants are ethnic Somalis and pastoralists. These are further sub-divided into clans, with the Ogaden sub-clan of the Somali Darod especially well-represented. There are also a small number of other minority ethnic groups, commonly referred to as corner tribes.

Garissa forms a municipality that has six wards. All of them belong to Dujis Constituency, which has a total of thirteen wards. The remaining seven are located within Garissa County Council, the rural council of Garissa District.

Garissa's landscape is mostly arid, desert terrain.The city lies along the Tana River, and has a very warm/hot climate due to the low elevation and distance away from the cooler coastal areas. The daytime temperature typically rises above 33°C (91°F), every day, but returns to a mild temperature, every night (see chart below).