Kisii
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Kisii may refer to:
- Kisii, KenyaKisii, KenyaKisii town, located south-western Kenya, is the main urban and commercial centre in Gusii Highlands. A vibrant town, the Kisii municipality has a population of about 83,000, according to 2008 estimates. However, it has a large dependent metropolitan population of over 100,000 residents, as per the...
, a town in Nyanza region of southwestern Kenya - Kisii DistrictKisii DistrictKisii District is a district in the Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town is Kisii. The district is inhabited mostly by the Gusii people.- Subdivisions :The County has 4 electoral Constituencies:*Bonchari Constituency...
, a district in Kenya, also known as Kisii Central District - Gucha DistrictGucha DistrictGucha District is a district in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. Its population is approximately 461,000...
, in Kenya, also known as South Kisii District - Nyamira District, in Kenya, also known as North Kisii District
- Kisii peopleKisii peopleThe Kisii is a community of Bantu speakers who inhabit the two counties in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya...
, an ethnic group in Kenya, also known as Abagusii or Gusii people - Gusii languageGusii languageThe Gusii language is a Bantu language spoken in the Kisii district in western Kenya,whose head-quarters is Kisii town, . It is spoken by the Gusii people, numbering about 1.5 million...
, spoken by the Kisii people - Kisii School for the DeafKisii School for the DeafKisii School for Deaf Children is Kenya's only deaf-run and deaf-led school for deaf children. Founded by Peter Ogango, the school is based in Kisii town, the capital of Kisii County in southwestern Kenya....
, the only Deaf-run school for Deaf children in Kenya - Kisii stone is a name for soapstoneSoapstoneSoapstone is a metamorphic rock, a talc-schist. It is largely composed of the mineral talc and is thus rich in magnesium. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occurs in the areas where tectonic plates are subducted, changing rocks by heat and pressure, with influx...
, quarried in Tabaka area of southern Kisii District.