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Isiolo Airport , also Isiolo International Airport is an airport located in Isiolo, Isiolo County, Kenya.
Isiolo County has only one local authority, Isiolo county council. The district has two constituencies: Isiolo North Constituency and Isiolo South Constituency. The county is divided into six administrative divisions:
Isiolo South Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of two constituencies of Isiolo County. The constituency has nine wards, all electing councillors to the Isiolo County Council. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections.
Isiolo North Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of two constituencies of Isiolo County. The constituency has eleven wards, all electing councillors to the Isiolo County Council. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections.
Isiolo is also known for its large market, while brass, copper and aluminum jewelry making is a local industry. Isiolo town is also transport hub to the northern border town of moyale. Trucks to and from Moyale make stop overs boosting the hotel business in the town center. Isiolo town itself was a part of the Nyambene county council and was transferred to isiolo district (this info. is not correct, Isiolo has been the headquarters of N.F.D. far before idepedence ref. District ordinance act 1937 & NFD commission 1962. Isiolo had been an urban centre all along and had never been part of Meru. During colonial days people from Meru District had to have special pass to visit Isiolo, as isiolo was headquarter of NFD, which was a closed district)a closed since there was no urban centre to serve as district headquarters.
Isiolo County is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its population is 143,294 (2009 census), and its capital is Isiolo. Isiolo County is to be the first county to be developed as part of the Kenya Vision 2030 program. Its capital and largest town is Isiolo.
Isiolo Airport is located on the border of Isiolo, in Isiolo County with half of the runaway extending into Meru County. Its location is approximately , by road, and about , by air, north-east of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the country's largest civilian airport. The geographic coordinates of this airport are:0° 20' 37.00"N, 37° 35' 16.00"E (Latitude:0.343610; Longitude:37.587778).
Isiolo is set to become a major part of Kenya's economic development plan Vision 2030. The plan calls for Isiolo to become a tourist center that will include casinos, hotels, upscale retail outlets, a modern airport and transport facilities. Isiolo will also be a transport hub as the location of the fork of the LAPSSET.
The Isiolo resort city is to be established under a public private partnership at a cost of KES 18.9 billion. In 2012, the Isiolo County Council was asked to set 6,500 acres of land aside for establishment of the resort city. The site is located at Kipsing Gap, 20 kilometres west of Isiolo town.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo ("Vicariatus Apostolicus Isiolansus") in Kenya was created on December 15, 1995, when it was split off from the Diocese of Meru. It has headquarters in the Isiolo town.
No airlines fly to Isiolo as of 2014, but the airport is being expanded. Isiolo is planning to become a resort city in Kenya, which would motivate airlines to fly here in the future.
The reserve was established in 1948 as part of the Samburu - Isiolo Game Reserve, and the present boundaries were established in 1985. The reserve is managed by the Isiolo County Council.
The Isiolo – Merille River Road, constitutes the first section of the 505 km road from Isiolo to Moyale which is part of the road linking Tunduma in Southern Tanzania with Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
Buffalo Springs National Reserve is a protected area in the Isiolo County in northern Kenya.
Lewa Airport is located in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, in Isiolo District, Eastern Province (Kenya).
American actor Drew Barrymore opened The Barrymore Learning Academy, a school in Isiolo, in 2004.
Marsabit is approximately 550 kilometers or 7 - 8 Hour drive from Nairobi via the towns of Isiolo and Archers Post. Accessing the town was previously a challenge as you had to either hang on top of the trucks or hike lifts in government vehicles. Currently, there are multiple bus services which ply the Isiolo - Marsabit route on a daily basis. It leaves Isiolo for Marsabit at 8pm, arriving between 3 - 5am and leaves Marsabit at 8am arriving in Isiolo between 3 - 7pm. In addition to this, there are other buses which ply the Nairobi - Moyale route, through Marsabit.
Administratively the area is divided into two adjacent locations named Modogashe, one in Modogashe division Garissa County, Northeastern Province the other in Sericho Division of Isiolo County, Eastern Province. These locations are part of the Lagdera Constituency and Isiolo North Constituency, respectively.
Since 1995, the town has been the seat of the Vicariate Apostolic of Isiolo. On July 14, 2005, Bishop Luigi Locati, who represented the Roman Catholic Church in Isiolo, was murdered. The High Court sent Father Guyo Waqo Malley and four others — Mohamed Molu, Aden Ibrahim Mohammed, Mahati Ali Halake and Roba Balla Bariche — to the gallows for planning and murdering Bishop Luigi Locati.
The borders of Meru, Kitui, Tana River and Isiolo counties form another quadripoint at on the Tana River.