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Kisumu, Kenia
🇰🇪 Kenia

Kisumu

Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the second-largest city in the Lake Victoria Basin after Kampala. The city has a population of 438,588 according to the recent 2026 population estimates. The metro region, including Maseno and Ahero, had a population of 6,771 (Maseno) and 11,801 (Ahero) people respectively, totaling to a combined population of 457,160 people, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census which was conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

Country
🇰🇪 Kenia
Elevation
0 m
Population
397,957
Time zone
Africa/Nairobi
Coordinates
-0.10, 34.76

How far Kisumu is from other cities in Kenia

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