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data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Източна провинция (Кения) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Източна провинция (Кения)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_(Kenya)" title="Eastern (Kenya) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Eastern (Kenya)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ADncia_Oriental_(Kenya)" title="Província Oriental (Kenya) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Província Oriental (Kenya)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98stprovinsen_(Kenya)" title="Østprovinsen (Kenya) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Østprovinsen (Kenya)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_(Kenia)" title="Eastern (Kenia) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Eastern (Kenia)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1_(%CE%9A%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%85%CE%B1)" title="Ανατολική επαρχία (Κένυα) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ανατολική επαρχία (Κένυα)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_Oriental_(Kenia)" title="Provincia Oriental (Kenia) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia Oriental (Kenia)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienta_provinco_de_Kenjo" title="Orienta provinco de Kenjo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Orienta provinco de Kenjo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C_(%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7)" title="استان شرقی (کنیا) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان شرقی (کنیا)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_orientale_(Kenya)" title="Province orientale (Kenya) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Province orientale (Kenya)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%99%EB%B6%80%EC%A3%BC_(%EC%BC%80%EB%83%90)" title="동부주 (케냐) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="동부주 (케냐)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_Orientale_(Kenya)" title="Provincia Orientale (Kenya) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia Orientale (Kenya)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_(%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="აღმოსავლეთი პროვინცია (კენია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აღმოსავლეთი პროვინცია (კენია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_Mashariki_(Kenya)" title="Mkoa wa Mashariki (Kenya) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Mashariki (Kenya)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keleti_tartom%C3%A1ny_(Kenya)" title="Keleti tartomány (Kenya) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Keleti tartomány (Kenya)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashariki" title="Mashariki – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mashariki" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E9%83%A8%E5%B7%9E_(%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2)" title="東部州 (ケニア) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="東部州 (ケニア)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Province_(Kenya)" title="Eastern Province (Kenya) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Eastern Province (Kenya)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DA%91%DA%BE%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="چڑھدا صوبا، کینیا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چڑھدا صوبا، کینیا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prowincja_Wschodnia_(Kenia)" title="Prowincja Wschodnia (Kenia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Prowincja Wschodnia (Kenia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ADncia_Oriental_(Qu%C3%A9nia)" title="Província Oriental (Quénia) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Província Oriental (Quénia)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Est,_Kenya" title="Provincia de Est, Kenya – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Provincia de Est, Kenya" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Восточная провинция (Кения) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Восточная провинция (Кения)" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Eastern Province</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="sw"><i>Mkoa wa Mashariki</i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Kenya" title="Provinces of Kenya">Former Province</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eastern_in_Kenya.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of the Former Province in Kenya."><img alt="Location of the Former Province in Kenya." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Eastern_in_Kenya.svg/250px-Eastern_in_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Eastern_in_Kenya.svg/375px-Eastern_in_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Eastern_in_Kenya.svg/500px-Eastern_in_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of the Former Province in Kenya.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Eastern_Province_(Kenya)&params=0_0_N_38_0_E_region:KN_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">0°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">38°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">0.000°N 38.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">0.000; 38.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Kenya" title="Counties of Kenya">No. of Counties</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Embu,_Kenya" title="Embu, Kenya">Embu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">140,698.6 km<sup>2</sup> (54,324.0 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2009)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,668,123<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Time" title="East Africa Time">EAT</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenya-relief-map-towns.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kenya-relief-map-towns.jpg/220px-Kenya-relief-map-towns.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kenya-relief-map-towns.jpg/330px-Kenya-relief-map-towns.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kenya-relief-map-towns.jpg/440px-Kenya-relief-map-towns.jpg 2x" data-file-width="593" data-file-height="702" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mount_Kenya" title="Mount Kenya">Mount Kenya</a> was found in the former Eastern Province (capital <a href="/wiki/Embu,_Kenya" title="Embu, Kenya">Embu</a>; click map to enlarge)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Eastern Province</b> (<a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Swahili</a>: <i lang="sw">Mashariki</i>) of <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> was one of 8 <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Kenya" title="Provinces of Kenya">Provinces of Kenya</a>. Its northern boundary ran along with that of <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>; the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Province,_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="North Eastern Province, Kenya">North Eastern Province</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coast_Province,_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast Province, Kenya">Coast Province</a> lay to the east and south; and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including <a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Province, Kenya">Central Province</a>, ran along its western border. The provincial capital was <a href="/wiki/Embu,_Kenya" title="Embu, Kenya">Embu</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Province_(Kenya)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 16 July 2009, the province was sub-divided into three: Lower Eastern with <a href="/wiki/Machakos" title="Machakos">Machakos</a> as headquarters, Central Eastern with <a href="/wiki/Meru,_Kenya" title="Meru, Kenya">Meru</a> as headquarters, and Upper Eastern with <a href="/wiki/Marsabit" title="Marsabit">Marsabit</a> as headquarters; however, those changes never took effect due to the political wrangles in the Kenyan <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a> at the time. The sub-division of provinces was carried out in seven <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Kenya" title="Provinces of Kenya">provinces of Kenya</a>, excluding <a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a>. As of March 2013 after the <a href="/wiki/Kenyan_general_election,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenyan general election, 2013">Kenyan general election, 2013</a>, the Eastern Province was subdivided into eight counties, namely: </p> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Code</th> <th>County</th> <th>Former province</th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Population<br />census 2009</th> <th>Capital </th></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marsabit_County" title="Marsabit County">Marsabit</a></td> <td><b>Eastern</b></td> <td align="right">66,923.1</td> <td align="right">291,166</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marsabit" title="Marsabit">Marsabit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isiolo_County" title="Isiolo County">Isiolo</a></td> <td>Eastern</td> <td align="right">25,336.1</td> <td align="right">143,294</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isiolo" title="Isiolo">Isiolo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meru_County" title="Meru County">Meru</a></td> <td>Eastern</td> <td align="right">7,003</td> <td align="right">1,356,301</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meru,_Kenya" title="Meru, Kenya">Meru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_County" title="Tharaka-Nithi County">Tharaka-Nithi</a></td> <td>Eastern</td> <td align="right">2,609.5</td> <td align="right">365,330</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuka,_Kenya" title="Chuka, Kenya">Chuka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Embu_County" title="Embu County">Embu</a></td> <td>Eastern</td> <td align="right">2,555.9</td> <td align="right">516,212</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Embu,_Kenya" title="Embu, Kenya">Embu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kitui_County" title="Kitui County">Kitui</a></td> <td>Eastern</td> <td align="right">24,385.1</td> <td align="right">1,012,709</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kitui" title="Kitui">Kitui</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Machakos_County" title="Machakos County">Machakos</a></td> <td>Eastern</td> <td align="right">5,952.9</td> <td align="right">1,098,584</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Machakos" title="Machakos">Machakos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Makueni_County" title="Makueni County">Makueni</a></td> <td>Eastern</td> <td align="right">8,008.9</td> <td align="right">884,527</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wote,_Kenya" title="Wote, Kenya">Wote</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><i><b>Totals</b></i></td> <td></td> <td align="right">140,698.6</td> <td align="right">5,668,123</td> <td>- </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The province was principally inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Meru_people" title="Meru people">Meru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamba_people" title="Kamba people">Kamba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embu_people" title="Embu people">Embu</a>, and several <a href="/wiki/Pastoralism" title="Pastoralism">pastoralist</a> communities. In 1979, its population was 2.7 million; in 1999, 4,631,779 (according to the 1999 census) and in 2009 the province would have had a population of 5,668,123.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In terms of area, it was the second largest province at (140,698.6 km<sup>2</sup>) in Kenya. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Province_(Kenya)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eastern Province of Kenya includes the <a href="/wiki/Chalbi_Desert" title="Chalbi Desert">Chalbi Desert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kenya" title="Mount Kenya">Mount Kenya</a>, and the eastern half of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Turkana" title="Lake Turkana">Lake Turkana</a>. The climate in the region is arid to semi-arid. Its most important permanent river is <a href="/wiki/Ewaso_Ng%27iro" title="Ewaso Ng'iro">Ewaso Ng'iro</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Villages_and_settlements">Villages and settlements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Province_(Kenya)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Villages and settlements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 10em;"> <ul><li>Beacon 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href="/wiki/Elgeyo-Marakwet_County" title="Elgeyo-Marakwet County">Elgeyo-Marakwet</a> <small>(28)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embu_County" title="Embu County">Embu</a> <small>(14)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garissa_County" title="Garissa County">Garissa</a> <small>(07)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homa_Bay_County" title="Homa Bay County">Homa Bay</a> <small>(43)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiolo_County" title="Isiolo County">Isiolo</a> <small>(11)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajiado_County" title="Kajiado County">Kajiado</a> <small>(34)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakamega_County" title="Kakamega County">Kakamega</a> <small>(37)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kericho_County" title="Kericho County">Kericho</a> <small>(35)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiambu_County" title="Kiambu County">Kiambu</a> <small>(22)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilifi_County" title="Kilifi County">Kilifi</a> <small>(03)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirinyaga_County" title="Kirinyaga County">Kirinyaga</a> <small>(20)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisii_County" title="Kisii County">Kisii</a> <small>(45)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisumu_County" title="Kisumu County">Kisumu</a> <small>(42)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitui_County" title="Kitui County">Kitui</a> <small>(15)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwale_County" title="Kwale County">Kwale</a> <small>(02)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laikipia_County" title="Laikipia County">Laikipia</a> <small>(31)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamu_County" title="Lamu County">Lamu</a> <small>(05)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machakos_County" title="Machakos County">Machakos</a> <small>(16)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makueni_County" title="Makueni County">Makueni</a> <small>(17)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandera_County" title="Mandera County">Mandera</a> <small>(09)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsabit_County" title="Marsabit County">Marsabit</a> <small>(10)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meru_County" title="Meru County">Meru</a> <small>(12)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migori_County" title="Migori County">Migori</a> <small>(44)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mombasa_County" title="Mombasa County">Mombasa</a> <small>(01)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murang%27a_County" title="Murang'a County">Murang'a</a> <small>(21)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairobi_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Nairobi County">Nairobi</a> <small>(47)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakuru_County" title="Nakuru County">Nakuru</a> <small>(32)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandi_County" title="Nandi County">Nandi</a> <small>(29)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narok_County" title="Narok County">Narok</a> <small>(33)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyamira_County" title="Nyamira County">Nyamira</a> <small>(46)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyandarua_County" title="Nyandarua County">Nyandarua</a> <small>(18)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyeri_County" title="Nyeri County">Nyeri</a> <small>(19)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samburu_County" title="Samburu County">Samburu</a> <small>(25)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siaya_County" title="Siaya County">Siaya</a> <small>(41)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taita-Taveta_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Taita-Taveta County">Taita-Taveta</a> <small>(06)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tana_River_County" title="Tana River County">Tana River</a> <small>(04)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_County" title="Tharaka-Nithi County">Tharaka-Nithi</a> <small>(13)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Nzoia_County" title="Trans-Nzoia County">Trans-Nzoia</a> <small>(26)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkana_County" title="Turkana County">Turkana</a> <small>(23)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu_County" title="Uasin Gishu County">Uasin Gishu</a> <small>(27)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vihiga_County" title="Vihiga County">Vihiga</a> <small>(38)</small></li> <li><a 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