Kisumu

Summary

Kisumu is a city^[1]. Kisumu ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (983 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kisumu is located in Kisumu County^[3].
• Kisumu is located in Nyanza Province^[4].
• Kisumu is in the country of Kenya^[5].
• Kisumu is on the body of water Lake Victoria^[6].
• Kisumu's head of government is recorded as Peter Anyang' Nyong'o^[7].
• Kisumu's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Kisumu's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Kisumu's official language is recorded as Swahili^[10].
• Kisumu's official language is recorded as English^[11].
• Kisumu's twinned administrative body is recorded as Roanoke^[12].
• Kisumu's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cheltenham^[13].
• Kisumu's postal code is recorded as 40100^[14].
• Kisumu is part of Western Kenya^[15].
• Kisumu's Commons category is recorded as Kisumu^[16].
• Kisumu's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[17].
• Kisumu's local dialing code is recorded as 042^[18].
• 1901 marks the founding of Kisumu^[19].
• Kisumu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -0.1, 'lon': 34.75}^[20].
• Kisumu's official website is recorded as http://kisumu.go.ke^[21].
• Kisumu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kisumu^[22].
• Kisumu has a population of {'amount': '+409928'}^[23].
• Kisumu has a population of {'amount': '+397957'}^[24].
• Kisumu's capital of is recorded as Nyanza Province^[25].
• Kisumu's category for people born here is recorded as Q60900363^[26].
• Kisumu's category for people who died here is recorded as Q86271547^[27].

Body

Geography

Kisumu is in the country of Kenya^[5]. Located in include Kisumu County^[3], a county of Kenya^[28], in Kenya^[29], founded in 2013^[30] and Nyanza Province^[4], a province of Kenya^[31], in Kenya^[32]. Kisumu is on the body of water Lake Victoria^[6]. Kisumu is part of Western Kenya^[15].

Physical Characteristics

Kisumu covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+297'}^[33]. Kisumu sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1131'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+409928'}^[23] and {'amount': '+397957'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8] and big city^[9].

History and Context

1901 marks the founding of Kisumu^[19].

Why It Matters

Kisumu ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (983 views/month).^[2] Kisumu has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Kisumu is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]