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Baragoi
Baragoi is a market town in Kenya, lying north of Maralal and east of the Suguta Valley. It is part of the Samburu District. The entire Baragoi division has a population of nearly 20.000 (1999 census) comprising mostly people from the Samburu and Turkana tribes. [http://www.cck.go.ke/html/final_annex1_cover_status.pdf]
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Baringo District
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Bomet District
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Bungoma
Bungoma is a town in Western Province of Kenya, bordered by Uganda in the west. Bungoma town was established as a trading centre in the early 20th century. The town is the headquarters of Kenya's Bungoma District and it hosts a municipal council. Bungoma municipality has an urban population of 44.196 and a total population of 60,650 (1999 census ).
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Bungoma District
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Buret District
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Busia, Kenya
Busia is a town in western Kenya. It is the largest town in Busia District, Kenya and the district headquarters are located there.
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Coast Province
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Eldoret
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Embu District
Embu District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Embu. The district has a population of 278,196 [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf]
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Embu, Kenya
Embu is a town located approximately 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of Nairobi towards Mount Kenya. Embu serves as the provincial headquarters of Eastern Province in Kenya and is also the district headquarters of Embu District. Located on the southeastern slopes of Mount Kenya, the town of Embu has a population of 41,092 (as of 1999).
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Garissa
Garissa is a city in North Eastern Province, Kenya. It is the capital of the province and Garissa District. Garissa is located near . It has a population of 65,881 (1999 census).
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Garissa District
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Hola, Kenya
Hola, also known as Galole is a small town in Kenya on the Tana River with a population of 6931. Hola is the capital of the Tana River District, in the Coast Province. It is a busy market town, and portal to Ijara District and Northeastern province by local canoe ferry across the Tana River. In addition to the Hola agricultural irrigation scheme, there is a District Hospital and a Kenya Prisons facility located within the town.
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Homa Bay
Homa Bay is a bay and town on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in western Kenya. It lies near Mount Homa (in the Luo language Got Uma or God Marahuma ["famous mountain"]) and Ruma National Park, the latter noted for Jackson's hartebeests and roan antelope (the government has also released reticulated giraffes into the park).
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Homa Bay District
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Ijara District
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Isiolo
Isiolo is a town in the Eastern Province, Kenya. It is situated in the Upper Eastern sub-region, and lies 285 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. The town grew around the local military camps, much of the population being descended from former Somali soldiers who had fought in World War I as well as other Cushitic-speaking pastoral communities and the Ameru community. The predominant population of Isiolo are the Oromo-speaking Boran and Sakuye as well as other Cushitic-speaking communities and the Bantu Ameru who are the most wealthiest and land owners. There is also a steady migration from the neighbouring communities such Mandera,Wajir And samburu, The most populous Division is merti in the northern flank of the district.Isiolo town is the Headquarter of the district and the gateway to the northern half of the country. The town has an estimated population of 80,000 people, most of them living in the rural outbacks of the District. There is an increasing urban population in the recent years, especially from as far as Moyale, Marsabit and mandera. The Isiolo town is also becoming a centre of interst because of the of its newly acquired status as a resort city cashing in on the popular Samburu and Shaba Game reserves and the Meru National Park, which have become preferred destinations after the famed Maasai Mara. Isiolo lies along the long A2 Road, leading towards Marsabit and Moyale much farther north. The town is served by Isiolo Airport, which is set to be upgraded to serve tourism and local exports.
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Isiolo District
Isiolo District is an administrative district in
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Kajiado
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Kajiado District
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Kakamega
:Kakamega is also the genus of the Grey-chested Illadopsis (Kakamega poliothorax), a bird
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Kakamega District
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Kapenguria
Kapenguria is a town lying north east of Kitale on the A1 road in Kenya. Kapenguria is capital of the West Pokot District. Kapenguria forms a municipality with an urban population of 13,000 and a total population of 56,000 (1999 census ).
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Keiyo District
Keiyo District (also known as Elgeyo district or Elgeiyo) is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The district was formed in 1994, when Elgeyo/Marakwet-District was split into two, the other half is Marakwet District of today. Keiyo District has a population of 143.865 [http://www.cck.go.ke/html/final_annex1_cover_status.pdf]. Its capital is located in the Iten/Tambach town.
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Kenya
The Republic of Kenya (pronounced ) is a country in East Africa. Lying along the Indian Ocean to its southeast and at the equator, Kenya is bordered by Somalia to the northeast, Ethiopia to the north, Sudan to the northwest, Uganda to the west and Tanzania to the south. Lake Victoria is to the southwest and is shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Kenya has numerous wildlife reserves, containing thousands of animal species. The capital city is Nairobi. Kenya's area is 580,000 km2 with a population of nearly 39 million which is diverse: more than 40 different ethnic groups are present. The country is named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark and second among Africa's highest mountain peaks.
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Kericho
Kericho is a Kenyan district located to the South West of the country and lies within the highlands west of The Great Rift Valley. The capital of the district is Kericho town. The district home to the best of Kenyan Tea which is world famous for its brightness, attractive color, brisk flavor and textures of fragrant leaves. The district is also home to some of the world's best long distance runners among whom have repeatedly won gold medals in international events.
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Kericho District
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Kilifi District
Kilifi District is an administrative district in the Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital is coastal town Kilifi. The district has a population of 281,552 [http://www.cck.go.ke/html/final_annex1_cover_status.pdf].
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Kisii District
Kisii District is a districts in the Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town is Kisii. The district is inhabited mostly by the Gusii people.
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Kisii, Kenya
:This article refers to the city of kisii. For the district of the same name, see Kisii District
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Kisumu
Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at , with a population of 355,024 (1999 census). It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu District. It has no municipal charter. It is the largest city in Nyanza Province and second most important city after Kampala in the greater Lake Victoria basin.
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Kisumu District
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Kitui
Kitui is a rural town in Kenya, 130 kilometres east of Nairobi and 75 kilometres east of Machakos. It is the capital of the Kitui District in Eastern Province of Kenya. Kitui town had a population of 13,244 in 1999. Large majority of the people are Akamba's.
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Koibatek District
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Kuria District
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Laikipia District
Laikipia District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located on the Equator in the Rift Valley Province of the country. The district has two major urban centres: Nanyuki to the southeast, and Nyahururu to the southwest. Its capital is Nanyuki.
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Lamu
Lamu town is the largest town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya.
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Lamu District
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Lodwar
Lodwar is the largest town in northwestern Kenya, located west of Lake Turkana on the A1 road. Its main industries are basket weaving and tourism. The Loima Hills lie to its west. Lodwar is the capital of Turkana District. The town has a population of 17,000.
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Loiyangalani
Loiyangalani is a small town located on the southeastern coast of Lake Turkana in Kenya. The town has 1000 inhabitants (1999 census)[http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/html/Urban Poverty all Kenya Province through Location Final.xls]. Loiyangalani means "a place of many trees" in the native Samburu tongue. It is home to Turkana people and was founded near a freshwater spring in the 1960s where the El Molo people live. Its main industries include fishing, tourism and gold panning. It is a popular tourist destination in Northern Kenya, as the surrounding El Molo and Turkana villages offer unique (although somewhat commercialized) experiences.
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Lokichogio
Lokichogio, also Lokichoggio or Lokichokio, is a town in the Turkana District, northwest of Kenya (). It is often called Loki. The town lies on the A1 road and is served by the Lokichogio Airport.
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Lugari District
Lugari District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Western Province. Its capital is Lugari.
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Machakos
Machakos is a town in Kenya, 64 kilometres southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos District in Eastern Province of Kenya. Machakos Town is a major rural centre, and also a satellite town due to its proximity to Nairobi. Its population is rapidly growing and is 192,117 (as of 2009). People who live here are mostly the Akambas though it is a cosmopolitan town. Machakos is surrounded by hilly terrain, with a high number of family farms.
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Machakos District
Machakos District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Machakos. The district has a population of 906,644 (1999 census).
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Malindi
Malindi (once known as Melinde) is a town on Malindi Bay at the mouth of the Galana River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is 120 kilometres northeast of Mombasa. The population of Malindi is 117,735 (in 1999 census). It is the capital of the Malindi District.
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Malindi District
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Mandera
Mandera is a town in North Eastern Province, Kenya. It is capital of the Mandera District. The town is located at around , near the borders with Ethiopia and Somalia. It has a population of 30,433 (1999 census)
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Mandera District
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Marakwet District
Marakwet District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kapsowar. The district has a population of 140.629 . Local people are predominantly of the Marakwet tribe.
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Maralal
Maralal is a small hillside market town in northern Kenya, lying east of the Loroghi Plateau within the Samburu District. It is the administrative headquarters of the Samburu people. The town has an urban population of 16,281 (1999 census [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf]). The market was pioneered by some Somali settlers in the 1920s.
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Marsabit District
Marsabit District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Marsabit. The district has a population of 121,478 [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf]
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Meru North District
Meru North District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru Central District, Meru South District, and Tharaka District.
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Meru South District
Meru South District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru Central District, Meru North District, and Tharaka District.
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Meru, Kenya
Meru is a City in the Eastern part of Kenya. Meru City is headquarters of the Meru Central District in Eastern Province and the 6th largest City in Kenya. Meru forms a municipall council with a population of 240,900 ).
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Migori District
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Mombasa
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Mombasa District
Mombasa District is one of the 71 districts of Kenya. Its capital and the only town is Mombasa.
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Mount Elgon District
Mount Elgon District (Mt. Elgon District) is an administrative district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kapsokwony.
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Mumias
Mumias is a town in the Western Province of Kenya. The town has an urban population of 32.965 (1999 census) [http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/html/Urban Poverty all Kenya Province through Location Final.xls]
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Murang'a
Muranga (also spelled as '''Murang'a) is a town in Central Province of Kenya. The town was previously called Fort Hall'''. It is the administrative centre of Murang'a District and is mainly inhabited by Kikuyu tribe..
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Muranga District
Muranga (also spelled as '''Murang'a''') is one of the districts of Kenya's Central Province. Its capital town is also now named Muranga but was called Fort Hall in colonial times (before 1963). It is inhabited mainly by and is considered the home of the Kikuyu, the largest tribe in Kenya. The district has a population of 348,304 (1999 census).
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Mwingi District
Mwingi District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. The district has a population of 303.828 (1999 census). Its capital is the Mwingi town.
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Nairobi
Nairobi () is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is surrounded by several expanding villa suburbs. The people of Nairobi are popularly nicknamed 'Nairobians'.
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Naivasha
Naivasha is a market town in Rift Valley Province, Kenya, lying north west of Nairobi. It is located on the shore of Lake Naivasha and along the Nairobi - Nakuru highway and Uganda Railway.
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Namanga
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Nandi District
Nandi District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kapsabet. The district has a population of 578,751 (1999 census) [http://www.cck.go.ke/html/final_annex1_cover_status.pdf].
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Nanyuki
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Narok
Narok (sometimes referred to as Narok Town) is an old dusty town west of Nairobi that supports Kenya's economy in south-west Kenya, along the Great Rift Valley. Narok is the district capital of the Narok District and stands as the major center of commerce in the district. Narok has a population of around 40,000 people, mostly Maasai. The Maasai, natives of Narok district, refer to Narok as Enkare Narok (meaning: black water, or dark water) named after, Enkare Narok, the river flows through Narok town.
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Narok District
Narok District is an administrative district in Kenya. The Narok District is located in the Rift Valley Province, and has a population of 365,750. Its capital town is Narok.
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Nyamira District
Nyamira District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. It was formerly part of the Kisii District and is sometimes called as North Kisii District. The district has a population of 492,102 (1999 census). Its capital town is Nyamira, with an urban population of around 10.000 (1999 census)[http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf].
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Nyandarua District
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Nyando District
Nyando district is a fairly new district in Kenya which broke away from Kisumu District in Nyanza Province in 1998. Nyando district borders the Rift Valley Province. The district is named after the Nyando River.
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Nyeri
Nyeri (officially known as Nyeri Municipality) is a town in Kenya, which was the administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province.. Following the dissolution of the former provinces by Kenya's new constitution in 2010, Nyeri is now the largest town in the newly created Nyeri County.
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Nyeri District
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Rachuonyo District
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Rift Valley Province
Rift Valley Province of Kenya, bordering Uganda, is one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi.
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Ruiru
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Samburu District
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Siaya District
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Suba District
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Tana River District
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Tharaka District
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Thika
Thika (pronounced ) is a market town in Central Province, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 40 km north east of Nairobi, and on the Thika River. Thika has a population of 88,265 (1999 census)
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Trans Mara District
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Turkana District
Turkana District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Turkana is the northwesternmost district in Kenya. It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to the west; Sudan and Ethiopia, including the disputed Ilemi Triangle, to the north and northeast; and Lake Turkana to the east. To the south and east, neighbouring districts in Kenya are West Pokot, Baringo and Samburu Districts, while Marsabit District is located on the opposite (i.e. eastern) shore of Lake Turkana.
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Uasin Gishu District
Uasin Gishu District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in the Rift Valley Province. The city of Eldoret is its capital, administrative center and commercial center.
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Uganda
The Republic of Uganda ( or ) is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya and Tanzania.
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Vihiga District
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Voi
:For other meanings see Voi (disambiguation).
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Wajir District
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Webuye
Webuye is an industrial town in Bungoma District in the Western Province of Kenya. Located on the main road to Uganda, the town is home to the Pan African Paper Mills, the largest paper factory in the region, as well as a number of heavy-chemical and sugar manufacturers. It has a tropical climate, and the heavily populated land around it is used mainly for subsistence agriculture. The area around Webuye is home to the Bukusu tribe. The town has an urban population of 19,600 (1999 census
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West Pokot District
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Wundanyi
Wundanyi is a town lying in the Taita Hills of southern Kenya, west of Voi and near Ngerenyi. It is also the Headquarters of Taita-Taveta District. The town has a population of 4000 (1999 census) [http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/html/Urban Poverty all Kenya Province through Location Final.xls] The centre of an agricultural area, the surrounding slopes are terraced.
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Bungoma

Bungoma Location in Kenya
Coordinates: 00°34′00″N 34°34′00″E / 0.5666667°N 34.5666667°E / 0.5666667; 34.5666667
Country	Kenya
Province	Western Province
District	Bungoma District
Elevation	4,544 ft (1,385 m)
Population (1999)
• Total	60,650
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Bungoma is a town in the Western Province of Kenya, bordered by Uganda in the west. Bungoma town was established as a trading centre in the early 20th century. The town is the headquarters of Kenya's Bungoma District and it hosts a municipal council. Bungoma municipality has an urban population of 44.196 and a total population of 60,650 (1999 census ^[1]).

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3 References
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Overview [link]

Salvation Army in Bungoma

The major economic activity in the area is farming and business supported by the Kenya-Uganda Railway which passes through the town. Nearby industrial centers are found at Nzoia and Webuye.

Major tertiary educational institutions include the Sang'alo Institute of Science and Technology, Mabanga Farmer's training centre, SACRED Africa and the SACRED Training Institute (both founded by Dr Juma Mukhwana) and Bungoma High school.

The mayor of Bungoma is Barasa Ndinga of Ford-Kenya, who beat the previous mayor Majimbo Okumu of ODM in the 2009 mayoral election, voted by the Bungoma councillors ^[2]

References [link]

^ Kenya National Bureau of Statistics: Population of local authorities
^ The Stansdard, July 3, 2009: ODM loses Bungoma mayoral seat to Ford-Kenya

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v t e First- and second-level administrative divisions of Kenya

Provinces	Central Coast Eastern Nairobi North Eastern Nyanza Rift Valley Western

Principal cities and towns	Baragoi Bungoma Busia Eldoret Embu Garissa Hola Homa Bay Isiolo Kajiado Kakamega Kapenguria Kericho Kiambu Kilifi Kisii Kisumu Kitale Kitui Limuru Lodwar Lokichokio Loiyangalani Lamu Machakos Malindi Mandera Maralal Marsabit Meru Mombasa Moyale Mumias Murang'a Nairobi Naivasha Nakuru Namanga Nanyuki Narok Nyahururu Nyeri Ruiru Thika Voi Wajir Webuye Wundanyi

Districts	Baringo Bomet Bondo Bungoma Buret Busia Butere/Mumias Embu Garissa Gucha Homa Bay Ijara Isiolo Kajiado Kakamega Keiyo Kericho Kiambu Kilifi Kirinyaga Kisii Kisumu Kitui Koibatek Kuria Kwale Laikipia Lamu Lugari Machakos Makueni Malindi Mandera Maragua Marakwet Marsabit Mbeere Meru Central Meru North Meru South Migori Mombasa Mount Elgon Moyale Muranga Mwingi Nairobi Nakuru Nandi Narok Nyamira Nyandarua Nyando Nyeri Rachuonyo Samburu Siaya Suba Taita-Taveta Tana River Teso Tharaka Thika Trans Mara Trans-Nzoia Turkana Uasin Gishu Vihiga Wajir West Pokot

Coordinates: 00°34′N 34°34′E / 0.567°N 34.567°E / 0.567; 34.567

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Overview[link]

See also[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

http://wn.com/Bungoma

Related pages:

http://de.wn.com/Bungoma

http://fr.wn.com/Bungoma

Overview [link]

See also [link]

References [link]

External links [link]