Merille is a village in

Marsabit County Marsabit County is a county in Kenya, covering a surface area of 66,923.1 square kilometres. Marsabit is the second largest county by size in Kenya after Turkana county which has an area of 71,597.8 km2. Its capital is Marsabit and its largest ...

in northern

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

. It is an emerging urban centre along the Isiolo-Moyale Highway, 120 km south of

Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the northern Marsabit County in Kenya. It is situated in the former Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park. The town is located east of the centre of the East African Rift at an elevatio ...

town. Merille got its name from samburu word meaning Market place, in early 90s Merille was the central place for barter trade, Somali, Rendille and Samburu meet in the area for exchange of goods.

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Populated places in Marsabit County {{Kenya-geo-stub