Western Province

one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi
AdministrativeArea province_of_kenya Q38585
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Western Province

Summary

Western Province is a province of Kenya[1]. It draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_kenya category, ranking #6 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western Province is located in Kenya[3].
  • Western Province is in the country of Kenya[4].
  • Western Province is on the body of water Lake Victoria[5].
  • Western Province's instance of is recorded as province of Kenya[6].
  • Western Province's capital is recorded as Kakamega[7].
  • Western Province's shares border with is recorded as Nyanza Province[8].
  • Western Province's shares border with is recorded as Rift Valley Province[9].
  • Western Province's locator map image is recorded as Kenya-Western.png[10].
  • Western Province's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as KE-800[11].
  • Western Province's Commons category is recorded as Western Province (Kenya)[12].
  • Western Province's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[13].
  • Western Province's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 0.5, 'lon': 34.58333333}[14].
  • Western Province's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04zwms[15].
  • Western Province's FIPS 10-4 is recorded as KE09[16].
  • Western Province's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western Province (Kenya)[17].
  • Western Province's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4334282'}[18].
  • Western Province's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Western Province'}[19].
  • Western Province's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'sw', 'text': 'Mkoa wa Magharibi'}[20].
  • Western Province's GeoNames ID is recorded as 400743[21].
  • Western Province's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1001772[22].
  • Western Province's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Western Province'}[23].
  • Western Province's different from is recorded as Western[24].
  • Western Province's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8361'}[25].
  • Western Province's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as 215971[26].
  • Western Province's geoshape is recorded as Data:Kenya/Western.map[27].

Body

Geography

Western Province is in the country of Kenya[4]. It is located in Kenya[3]. It is on the body of water Lake Victoria[5].

Physical Characteristics

Western Province's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8361'}[25]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+4334282'}[18].

Designation and Status

Western Province's instance of is recorded as province of Kenya[6].

Why It Matters

Western Province draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_kenya category, ranking #6 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . FIPS 10-4. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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