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Kibigori
Kibigori is a small town in Kisumu County, Kenya. It is located 20 kilometres east of Kisumu.Rough Guide Map of Kenya It is part of the Chemelil ward of Muhoroni Constituency and Nyando County Council.Electoral Commission of Kenya''Registration centres by electoral area and constituency'' Its elevation is 1242 metres above sea level. Inhabitants of Kibigori, a cosmopolitan town, includes many communities from Kenya such as the Nandi, Luhya, Kisii with the majority being Luos. The town is also home to Nubians who settled there as Kibigori was a settlement scheme. The communities engage in sugar cane large scale farming and small scale farming of other food crops. Transport It is served by a railway station on the national railway network, between the Stations of Miwani and Chemelil. See also * Railway stations in Kenya Railway stations in Kenya include: Maps * UN Map * UNHCR Atlas Map * Prondis Map * Railway Gazette International June 2012, p31 * KRC Map Towns serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Kenya
Railway stations in Kenya include: Maps * UN Map * UNHCR Atlas Map * Prondis Map * Railway Gazette International June 2012, p31 * KRC Map Towns served by metre gauge railways * Mombasa - Indian Ocean port * Changamwe * Miritini * Mazeras * Mariakani * Maji ya Chumvi * Samburu * Taru * Mackinnon Road * Mwanatibu * Buchuma * Wangala * Maungu * Ndara * Voi - junction ** Mwatate ** Bura ** Mashoti ** Maktau ** Murka ** Ziwani ** Taveta - across Tanzania border from Moshi * Irima * Ndi * Manyani * Tsavo * Kyulu * Kenani * Kanga * Mtito Andei * Kathekani * Darajani * Ngwata * Masongaleni * Kikumbulyu * Kibwezi * Mbuinzau * Makindu * Ikoyo * Kiboko * Simba * Kabati * Emali * Nzai * Sultan Hamud * Kima * Kalembwani * Kiu * Ulu * Konza - junction for Magadi ** Kajiado ** Kenya Marble Quarry ** Elangata Wuas ** Singiraini ** Koora ** Magadi - soda factory, operated by Magadi Soda Company * Kapiti Plains Estate * Stony Athi * Luke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chemelil
Chemelil is a town in Kisumu County, Kenya. It is part of Muhoroni District. Chemelil has a railway station along the Nairobi-Kisumu Railway line between the stations of Kibigori and Muhoroni. The town is located 40 kilometres east of Kisumu, the county capital. Muhoroni, another town, is located 10 kilometres east of Chemelil. Chemelil is home to '' Chemelil Sugar Company''. The latter also owns Chemelil Sugar FC, a football club playing in the Kenyan Premier League. Its home ground is Chemelil Sports Complex. The educational facilities in Chemelil include Chemelil Sugar Academy (secondary school), Chemelil Factory Primary School, and Chemelil Sugar Primary School. Since February 2022, it has been home to a "ZipLine A zip-line, zip line, zip-wire, flying fox, or death slide''Who Really Benefits from Tourism'', Publ. Equations, Karnataka, India, 2010. Working Papers Series. "Canopy Tourism"page 37/ref>Jacques Marais, Lisa De Speville, ''Adventure Racing'', ..." di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisumu County
Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya. Its borders follow those of the original Kisumu District, one of the former districts of Kenya, administrative districts of the former Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquarters is Kisumu City which is the third largest city in Kenya after the capital Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa. It has a population of 1,155,574 (according to the 2019 National Census). The land area of Kisumu County totals 2085.9 km2. Kisumu County's neighbours are Siaya County to the West, Vihiga County to the North, Nandi County to the North East and Kericho County to the East. Its neighbour to the South is Nyamira County and Homa Bay County is to the South West. The county has a shoreline on Lake Victoria, occupying northern, western and a part of the southern shores of the Winam Gulf. Etymology The name Kisumu comes from the Luo peoples, Luo word "Kisuma"Kikelo. Generally, Kisuma means "a place where people meet to exchan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi. Its second-largest and oldest city is Mombasa, a major port city located on Mombasa Island. Other major cities within the country include Kisumu, Nakuru & Eldoret. Going clockwise, Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest (though much of that border includes the disputed Ilemi Triangle), Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the southwest, and Lake Victoria and Uganda to the west. Kenya's geography, climate and population vary widely. In western, rift valley counties, the landscape includes cold, snow-capped mountaintops (such as Batian, Nelion and Point Lenana on Mount Kenya) with vast surrounding forests, wildlife and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisumu
Kisumu ( ) is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the second-largest city after Kampala in the Lake Victoria Basin. The city has a population of slightly over 600,000. The metro region, including Maseno and Ahero, has a population of 1,155,574 people (560,942 males, 594,609 females and 23 intersex) according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census which was conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Apart from being an important political city, it is one of the premier industrial and commercial centres in Kenya. It is also an intellectual city with many PhDs. The city is currently undergoing an urban rejuvenation of the downtown and lower town which includes modernizing the lake front, decongesting main streets, and making the streets pedestrian-friendly. Culturally, Kisumu serves as the centre of the Luo people of East Africa. It was the most prominent urban centre in the pre-colonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhoroni Constituency
Muhoroni is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seven constituencies of Kisumu County Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya. Its borders follow those of the original Kisumu District, one of the former districts of Kenya, administrative districts of the former Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquart .... The constituency was established for the 1988 elections, when it was split from the Nyando Constituency.Nyando ConstituencyAbout Nyando Constituency It was one of three constituencies of the former Nyando District. Members of Parliament Wards References {{coord missing, Kenya Constituencies in Kisumu County Constituencies in Nyanza Province 1988 establishments in Kenya Constituencies established in 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Nyanza Province
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possible between any opposite-sex pair within the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
