Kakuma
Kakuma ranks 7,910th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Żary, Guilford County, North Carolina, and Kopeysk. Memorable people born in Kakuma include Awer Mabil, and Halima Aden. Kakuma has been the birth place of many soccer players, and models. Kakuma is located in Kenya.
Kakuma is a town in northwestern Turkana County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR refugee camp, established in 1992. The population of Kakuma town was 60,000 in 2014, having grown from around 8,000 in 1990. In 1991, the camp was established to host unaccompanied minors who had fled the war in Sudan, Somalia and from camps in Ethiopia. It was estimated that there were 12,000 "lost boys and girls" who had fled here via Egypt in 1990/91. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1995 and 1997, Kakuma was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Awer Mabil, and Halima Aden.
People Born in Kakuma
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Awer Mabil
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 29.69
Rank: 1
Halima Aden
MODEL
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.88
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kakuma were soccer players (1), and models (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kakuma, including Awer Mabil. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kakuma, including Awer Mabil.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Kakuma since 1700.
