Kisumu

Summary

Kisumu is a city^[1]. Kisumu ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 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 image is recorded as Aerial view of Kisumu.jpg^[8].
• Kisumu's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Kisumu's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Kisumu's official language is recorded as Swahili^[11].
• Kisumu's official language is recorded as English^[12].
• Kisumu's twinned administrative body is recorded as Roanoke^[13].
• Kisumu's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cheltenham^[14].
• Kisumu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145414955^[15].
• Kisumu's GND ID is recorded as 4098465-5^[16].
• Kisumu's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80086256^[17].
• Kisumu's IdRef ID is recorded as 225517221^[18].
• Kisumu's postal code is recorded as 40100^[19].
• Kisumu's part of is recorded as Western Kenya^[20].
• Kisumu's Commons category is recorded as Kisumu^[21].
• Kisumu's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[22].
• Kisumu's local dialing code is recorded as 042^[23].
• +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kisumu^[24].
• Kisumu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -0.1, 'lon': 34.75}^[25].
• Kisumu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02k641^[26].
• Kisumu's official website is recorded as http://kisumu.go.ke^[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's part of is recorded as Western Kenya^[20].

Physical Characteristics

Kisumu's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+297'}^[33]. Kisumu's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1131'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+409928'}^[35] and {'amount': '+397957'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[9] and big city^[10].

History and Context

+1901-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kisumu^[24].

Why It Matters

Kisumu ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 views/month).^[2] Kisumu has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Kisumu is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]