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Mbita

Eastern Africa

Mbita is a settlement in Homa Bay County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Nyanza Province. GeoNames locates it at 0.42 degrees south and 34.21 degrees east, at about 1154 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 14,916 inhabitants, against 10,720 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 1.4 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 6,103 inhabitants in 1999.

Facts
Population
14,916 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
1154 2
Latitude
0.42492 degrees south 2
Longitude
34.20736 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Table row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
    NY......... 6,103 10,720 14,916
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    NY......... 6,103 10,720 14,916
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2. GeoNames: Mbita
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 14,916
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 1154 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -0.42492, 34.20736
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 1154 m
  • Part Of: Kenya, GeoNames page, country hierarchy
    Kenya KE Country
  • On Continent: Africa, GeoNames page, breadcrumb
    Africa › Kenya KE
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), GeoNames page, country hierarchy
    Kenya KE Country
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3. Mbita Point (Wikipedia)
Lead, location
Quote, Lead, location
Mbita Point is a town in the former province of Nyanza, Kenya, currently in Homa Bay County, on the shores of Lake Victoria.
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-0.25 34.25 Af
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