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Turkana County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya.It is home to the Turkana people.It is Kenya's largest county by land area of 77,597.8 km 2 followed by Marsabit County with an area of 66,923.1 km 2.
9.8% of the land is arable; permanent crops occupy 0.9% of the land, permanent pasture occupies 37.4% of the land; forest occupies 6.1% of the land. Other uses make up the rest of Kenya's land. This is as of 2011. 1,032 km 2 of Kenyan land was irrigated in 2003.
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The relative availability and comparatively reasonably priced land in the area attracts business and residential real estate development, away from the relative lack and exorbitant pricing of real estate in Nairobi's central business district, to the south of Parklands. Parklands has a significant population of people of Asian descent. [3]
The List of counties of Kenya by Gross County Product (GCP) shows the economic output of counties in Kenya. It is calculated by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), which aggregates the value of all goods and services produced within a county during a specific period. GCP is an essential indicator for assessing the economic ...
Agriculture in Kenya dominates Kenya's economy. [1] 15–17 percent of Kenya's total land area has sufficient fertility and rainfall to be farmed, and 7–8 percent can be classified as first-class land. [2] [3] In 2006, almost 75 percent of working Kenyans made their living by farming, compared with 80 percent in 1980. [2]
Westlands is a residential district in Nairobi which houses a sizable population of upper middle class and wealthy Kenyans [3]. During the 1990s and early 2000s, as land and office space became scarce and exorbitantly priced in the central business district, more businesses have relocated to Westlands and Upper Hill, where land and office space are more readily available and less expensive.
Suera Flowers is a pioneer in this venture. The cool temperate weather, land availability and cheap labor may be some of the attractions to flower farming. The town is also a commercial centre. It has many supermarkets such as Spears and Mugo supermarkets. Large banks in Kenya also have their branches situated in the town.