Kisii County is a county in the former Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kisii. The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census counted 1,266,860 people in 308,054 households, a density of 958 people per square kilometre, and the county covers an area of 1,318 square kilometres. It borders Nyamira County to the north east, Narok County to the south, and Homa Bay and Migori counties to the west, and it is inhabited mostly by the Abagusii people. Kisii receives an average rainfall of about 1,500 millimetres, with long rains falling between March and June. Administratively the county has nine constituencies, eleven sub-counties and forty five county assembly wards, and Simba Arati became governor after the 2022 election.
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1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Provinces and Counties (citypopulation.de)
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Kisii County...... 952,725 1,152,282 1,266,860 1,344,907
2. Kisii County (Wikipedia)
Kenya (Wikipedia)
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Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa.
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