Location of Kakamega in Kenya Kakamega is a town in western Kenya lying about 30 km north of the Equator. It is the provincial headquarters of Western Province. It is also headquarters to the Kakamega District which is one of the eight districts of Western Province. The town has a population of 73,607 (1999 census). [1] Kakamega is less than 100 km north of Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya and a port city on Lake Victoria. Image File history File links KE-Kakamega. ...
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World map showing the equator in red In tourist areas, the equator is often marked on the sides of roads The equator marked as it crosses Ilhéu das Rolas, in São Tomé and PrÃncipe. ...
Location of Western Province in Kenya Western Province is an administrative division of Kenya, bordering Uganda. ...
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Kisumu ( ) is a port city in western Kenya at 1131m, with a population of 322,024 (1999 census). ...
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Kakamega area receives a very high amount of annual precipitation and contains Kakamega Forest, a preserve which is a remnant of a rainforest that stretched west through Uganda. As a rainforest, the canopy of the trees has grown into a thin mesh of interlocking top branches that block most sunlight from reaching the ground below, resulting in less vegetation at the ground level. With few bushes along the darkened forest floor, the main obstacle is ancient fallen tree trunks blocking the paths between the standing trees. The german funded project BIOTA East is working in the forest since 2001, whereby firstly forest inventories for all sorts of life forms were performed and the aim is to find strategies for a sustainable use of the forest until 2010. Kakamega Forest is situated in Western Province Kenya, north-west of the capital Nairobi, and near to the border with Uganda. ...
More than 400 species of birds have been found in the Kakamega rainforest. The many song birds fill the air with various birdcalls. Kakamega is also home to Africa's largest and most aggressive cobra,the Kakamega Forest Cobra. Reputed by locals to spend a lot of time in the trees, stories abound of fearsome attacks on unsuspecting passers-by. Other snakes in the area include the forest adder, black mamba, and the green mamba. Adder is the name of several snakes, most belonging to the viper family, especially the Viperinae subfamily (pitless vipers). ...
For the comic book character see Black Mamba (comics) Binomial name Dendroaspis polylepis The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a venomous elapid snake. ...
Local Inhabitants are mostly the Luhya tribe, whose economic activity is mainly farming and fishing. Local companies include the West Kenya Sugar company. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology is a new institution of higher learning created by an act of parliament in December 2006 is in the heart of Kakamega town on the Kakamega- Webuye road. It is expected to spur growth in this once idle capital of Western Province. Kakamega forms a municipality with ten wards (Amalemba, Bukhulunya, Central, Mahiakalo, Maraba, Matende, Milimani, Musaa, Shibiriri and Sichilayi). All of them belong to Lurambi Constituency, which has a total of fifteen wards. The remaining five are located within Kakamega County Council, the rural council of Kakamega District [2]. Kakamega was the scene of a gold rush in the early 1930's, fueled partly by the reports of the geologist Albert Ernest Kitson. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
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- ^ "Population of Local Authorities" (with towns), Government of Kenya, 1999, webpage: GovtKenya-Population-PDF.
- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency
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Districts Baringo · Bomet · Bondo · Bungoma · Buret · Busia · Butere/Mumias · Embu · Garissa · Gucha · Homa Bay · Ijara · Isiolo · Kajiado · Kakamega · Keiyo · Kericho · Kiambu · Kilifi · Kirinyaga · Kisii · Kisumu · Kitui · Koibatek · Kuria · Kwale · Laikipia · Lamu · Lugari · Machakos · Makueni · Malindi · Mandera · Maragua · Marakwet · Marsabit · Mbeere · Meru Central · Meru North · Meru South · Migori · Mombasa · Mount Elgon · Moyale · Muranga · Mwingi · Nairobi · Nakuru · Nandi · Narok · Nyamira · Nyandarua · Nyando · Nyeri · Rachuonyo · Samburu · Siaya · Suba · Taita-Taveta · Tana River · Teso · Tharaka · Thika · Trans Mara · Trans-Nzoia · Turkana · Uasin Gishu · Vihiga · Wajir · West Pokot The provinces of Kenya are subdivided into districts (wilaya). ...
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Embu District is an administrative District in the Eastern Province of Kenya. ...
Garissa District is an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. ...
Gucha District is in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. ...
Homa Bay District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. ...
Ijara is a district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. ...
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Thika District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. ...
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Wajir District is an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. ...
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