Liboi

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Liboi, also known as Liboy in Somali, is a town in Garissa County, Kenya, right on the border with Somalia. It sits about 180 km northeast of Garissa (the county capital) and about 78 km east of Dadaab, roughly 546 km northeast of Nairobi. The coordinates are 0°21′20″N 40°52′32″E. Liboi is an administrative location in Liboi division and is part of the Dadaab Constituency. The town has Liboi Airport serving Liboi and nearby communities. The 2009 census recorded a population of 11,440. The time zone is East Africa Time (UTC+3).

Historically, Liboi was the site of a World War II battle on 6 September 1940 between Allied forces under British command and Italian troops; the Italians won that engagement, which was the first war action involving South African troops. In the early 1990s, during the Somali Civil War, Liboi hosted a large refugee camp, and by 1992 about 50,000 Somalis were living near Liboi.