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Voi

Eastern Africa

Voi is a town in Taita Taveta County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Coast Province. GeoNames locates it at 3.40 degrees south and 38.56 degrees east, at about 580 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 53,353 inhabitants, against 16,136 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 3.3 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 5,313 inhabitants in 1969.

Facts
Population
53,353 1
Founding Year
1897 2
Founding Year
1897 2
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
580 3
Latitude
3.39605 degrees south 3
Longitude
38.55609 degrees east 3
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Coastal
No 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Table row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
    CO 5,313... 13,202 16,863 16,136 53,353
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    CO 5,313... 13,202 16,863 16,136 53,353
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2. Voi (Wikipedia)
  • History
    A settlement at Voi (Known as Ore by Sagallas (natives of the Town) was established in 1897, in the form of a camp that served as a resting place on the Kenya-Uganda Railway, which was then under construction.
  • Lead, location
    Voi is the largest town in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya, in the former Coast Province.
  • History, founding year range start
    was established in 1897, in the form of a camp that served as a resting place on the Kenya-Uganda Railway
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3. GeoNames: Voi
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 53,353
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 580 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -3.39605, 38.55609
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 580 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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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
-3.25 38.75 Aw
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