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Port Southby Destination Guide

Discover Port Southby in Kenya

Port Southby in the region of Nyanza is a town located in Kenya - some 199 mi or ( 320 km ) West of Nairobi , the country's capital .

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Local time in Port Southby is now 05:40 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Nairobi " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Musoma, Moshi, Arusha, Nairobi, and Kisumu. When in this area, you might want to check out Musoma . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Port Southby ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Siaya District

Siaya District is one of the twelve districts that make up Nyanza Province in the southwest part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia District to the North, Vihiga and Butere/Mumias Districts to the North-East, Bondo District to the South, and Kisumu District to the South-East. The total area of the district is approximately 1520 km². The District lies between latitude 0° 26’ to 0° 18’ north and longitude 33° 58’ east and 34° 33’ west. Siaya district has been split up into six new districts.

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Located at -0.08 34.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Districts of Kenya, Siaya District

Suba District

Suba District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Mbita Point. The district has a population of 155,666 and an area of 1,055 km² http://www. statoids. com/yke. html. Suba district is named after the Suba people, who inhabit local Rusinga and Mfangano Islands. The district has two constituencies: Mbita and Gwassi http://www. cdf. go. ke/Nyanza. htm. In line with the new Kenyan constitution, Suba district is now part of Homabay county.

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Located at -0.33 34.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Districts of Kenya, Suba District

Rusinga Island

Rusinga Island, with an elongated shape approximately 10 miles (16 km) from end to end and 3 miles (5 km) at its widest point, lies in the eastern part of Lake Victoria at the mouth of the Winam Gulf. Part of Kenya, it is linked to Mbita Point on the mainland by a causeway.

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Located at -0.40 34.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Islands of Kenya, Islands of Lake Victoria, Miocene paleontological sites of Africa, Suba District

Urewe

The Urewe culture developed and spread in and around the Lake Victoria region of Africa during the African Iron Age. The culture's earliest dated artifacts are located in the Kagera Region of Tanzania, and it extended as far west as the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as far east as the Nyanza and Western provinces of Kenya, and north into Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Sites from the Urewe culture date from the Early Iron Age, from the 5th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Located at -0.05 34.34 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: Archaeology of Rwanda, Archaeology of Uganda, Archaeology of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, History of Burundi, History of Kenya, History of Rwanda, History of Tanzania, History of Uganda, History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo