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Rongo

Eastern Africa

Rongo is a populated place in Migori County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Nyanza Province. GeoNames locates it at 0.76 degrees south and 34.60 degrees east, at about 1474 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 20,688 inhabitants, against 12,282 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 1.7 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 6,175 inhabitants in 1999.

Facts
Population
20,688 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
1474 2
Latitude
0.75675 degrees south 2
Longitude
34.59833 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
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Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Table row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
    NY......... 6,175 12,282 20,688
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    NY......... 6,175 12,282 20,688
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2. GeoNames: Rongo
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 20,688
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 1474 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -0.75675, 34.59833
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 1474 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. Rongo, Kenya (Wikipedia)
Lead, location
Quote, Lead, location
Rongo or Rongo town is located in the southwestern part of Kenya in Migori County, Kenya.
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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
-0.75 34.75 Af
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