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Kisumu Destination Guide

Explore Kisumu in Kenya

Kisumu in the region of Nyanza with its 216,479 inhabitants is a town in Kenya - some 164 mi or ( 264 km ) North-West of Nairobi , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Kisumu

Current time in Kisumu is now 11:47 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Nairobi " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Musoma, Moshi, Arusha, Nyamware, and Nairobi. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Musoma . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Kisumu ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Katika. Kenyan Music. Kiss-iT Girls, ft: Nonini & Kanda King.

4:50 min by ogendo62
Views: 32396 Rating: 4.08

African, Kenyan Music by young first timers Emily and Maureen very impressive. All the way from a small City in Western Kenya. Must be supported to realise their dreams. Where does one buy the album? ..

Sister Cities International Africa Documentary Series, Episode 1 Boulder-Kisumu Partnerships

4:27 min by SisterCitiesIntl
Views: 2242 Rating: 5.00

This inspiring documentary series is about first grant recipients of the Sister Cities International African Urban Poverty Alleviation Program (AUPAP). Part one establishes the sister city partnership ..


Mega Plaza Kisumu #1

2:02 min by shigerukawachi
Views: 1448 Rating: 5.00

Inside Mega Plaza Nakmat in Kisumu where I found a good location for a shop. ..

Boat safari at Lake Victoria

9:58 min by MrMuasa
Views: 1281 Rating: 5.00

Boat safari at Lake Victoria. You can see the results of a lot of environmental crimes to the lake. The Nile perch have killed 90% of the species of fish in the lake, now there is is only 25 native sp ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu

Established in 1952, the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu is a 76-bed acute care facility. The hospital provides general medicine services, specialist clinics and high-tech diagnostic services and has an emergency Casualty Department. It is part of the Aga Khan Health Services international referral system with links to Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi and Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -0.10 34.76 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Aga Khan hospitals, Hospitals in Kenya, Infrastructure completed in 1952, Kisumu

Kisumu

Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at 1,131 m, with a population of 394,684 (2009 census). It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu County. It has a municipal charter but no city charter. It is the largest city in Nyanza region and second most important city after Kampala in the greater Lake Victoria basin.

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Located at -0.10 34.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Kisumu, Kisumu District, Populated coastal places in Kenya, Populated places in Nyanza Province, Populated places on Lake Victoria, Provincial capitals in Kenya

Nyalenda

Nyalenda is an established slum suburb of Kenya's third largest city Kisumu. It is also an electoral ward in the Kisumu Town East Constituency There are large underground changaa and busaa breweries in Nyalenda.

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Located at -0.13 34.76 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Kisumu, Populated places in Nyanza Province, Shanty towns, Slums in Africa

Kisumu Airport

Kisumu International Airport is an airport in Kisumu, Kenya. It is the third busiest airport in Kenya and the country's fourth international airport. The airport has a new terminal with the capacity to handle 700 passengers an hour which translates to 2 million passengers per year. In 2011 the length of the runway was extended from 2 kilometres to 3.3 kilometres giving the airport the capacity to handle large capacity passenger and cargo aircraft.

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Located at -0.09 34.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Airports in Kenya, Kisumu

Nyang'ori High School

Nyang'ori High School is located in the Vihiga district within Kenya along the Kisumu Kakamega Highway (6 km from Kisumu).

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Located at -0.02 34.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Educational institutions established in 1967, Schools in Kenya

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Kisumu