Kisii (Kenya)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
קיסי (קניה)
Name (Latin)
Kisii (Kenya)
Other forms of name
nnaa Kisii, Kenya
Coordinates
34.7675 34.7675 -0.6698 -0.6698 (gooearth )
E0344600 E0344600 S0004100 S0004100 (geonames )
Associated country
Kenya
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 129021849
Wikidata: Q1007719
Library of congress: n 82009894
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 00°41ʹ00ʺS 034°46ʹ00ʺE)
Wikipedia description:

Kisii (also known as Bosongo) is a municipality and urban centre in south-western Kenya and the capital city of Kisii County. Kisii Town also serves as a major urban and commercial centre in the Gusii Highlands—Kisii and Nyamira counties—and the South Nyanza region and is the second largest town in formerly greater Nyanza after Kisumu City. Kisii municipality sits right at the centre of the western Kenya tourist circuit that includes the Tabaka Soapstone Carvings, Maasai Mara, Ruma National Park and part of the Lake Victoria Basin.

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