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Nyanza may refer to:

Nyanza, Rwanda
Nyanza, Rwanda
Nyanza is a town located in Nyanza in the Southern Province of Rwanda.The old Royal Palace of the Rwandan monarchy is located in the town of Nyanza. It is now the Rwesero Art Museum....
- Nyanza District
  Nyanza District
  Nyanza is a district in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyanza town, which is also the provincial capital. Nyanza is a Bantu word meaning lake, which probably refers to a large lake to the west of Nyanza town....
  
  , the district surrounding Nyanza, Rwanda
Nyanza Province
Nyanza Province
Nyanza Province of Kenya, is one of Kenya's eight administrative provinces. It is located in the southwest part of Kenya around Lake Victoria. Nyanza includes part of the eastern edge of Lake Victoria and is inhabited predominantly by the Luo. There are also Bantu-speaking tribes such as the...

, Kenya
Nyanza Lac
Nyanza Lac
Nyanza Lac is a city in southern Burundi, in Makamba Province. It is located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, to the south of Mutambara and close to the border with Tanzania.-References:...

, Burundi
Nyanza, the Bantu word for lake
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...

, in particular:
- Lake Albert (Albert Nyanza)
- Lake Edward
  Lake Edward
  Lake Edward or Edward Nyanza is the smallest of the African Great Lakes. It is located in the western Great Rift Valley, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with its northern shore a few kilometres south of the Equator...
  
  (Edward Nyanza)
- Lake Victoria
  Lake Victoria
  Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to discover this lake....
  
  (Victoria Nyanza)
Nyanza, Nova Scotia
Nyanza, Nova Scotia
Nyanza is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Victoria County on Cape Breton Island.-References:*...

, an Edwardian cargo steamship still trading on Lake Victoria in East Africa
Nyanza (Company), a dye manufacturing company in Ashland, MA that went bankrupt in 1978