High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wajir is a town in North Eastern Province, Kenya. It is headquarters of Wajir District. The town is located at latitude and longitude 1°44 50 N 40°4 8 E / 1.74722°N 40.06889°E / 1.74722; 40.06889. The latest census of Wajir reports a population of 32,207.Wajir is located in an arid area prone to drought. In spring 2006 there was a severe famine. Four new districts were created in August 2007. They are Wajir East, Wajir South, Wajir North and Wajir West. All have new headquarters and new district commissioners.A cluster of cairns near Wajir are generally ascribed by the local inhabitants to the Madanle, a semi-legendary people of high stature, who are associated with the Somali Ajuuraan. A. T. Curle has reported the excavation of two of these large tumuli, finding traces of skeletal remains which crumbled at his touch, earthenware shards, and a copper ring.