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Kisumu

Eastern Africa

Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya, located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province, and the second-largest city in the Lake Victoria Basin after Kampala. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
397,957 1
Area (sq km)
297 1
Founding Year
1901 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
1131 1
Latitude
0.083 degrees south 1
Longitude
34.767 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Coastal
No 1
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Connections

Associated With

Kenya, Countries
Source Kisumu (Wikipedia)
Kisumu County, States or Territories

Kisumu is associated with Kisumu County.

Source Kisumu (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Kisumu County, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Kisumu - GeoNames
Sources
1. Kisumu (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Kisumu ( kee-SOO-moo) is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the second-largest city in the Lake Victoria Basin after Kampala.
  • Infobox: population_urban
    397,957
  • Infobox, Population year
    2019
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    297
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    -0.083, 34.767
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    -0.083, 34.767
  • Article text
    Kisumu's elevation is 1,131 m (3,711 ft) and is about 320 km (200 mi) northwest of Nairobi, on the shores of Lake Victoria.
  • Infobox, Founded
    1901
  • Lead section
    Kisumu ( kee-SOO-moo) is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province.
  • Lead, location
    Kisumu ( kee-SOO-moo) is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province.
  • Associated With: Kenya, Infobox, Country
    kenya
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Kisumu - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 191245
    -0.10221 34.76171 P PPLA KE 26 397957 1174 Africa/Nairobi
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1174 m
  • Capital Of: Kisumu County, cities500 record 191245, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 26)
    -0.10221 34.76171 P PPLA KE 26 397957 1174 Africa/Nairobi
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3. 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 -0.25, 34.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.25, 34.75
-0.25 34.75 Af
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Wikidata: Kisumu
Wikidata Q214485, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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