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Nyanza Province of Kenya
Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
, on Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area ....
, is one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi
Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital city and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai language phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters"....
; it is in the southwest corner of Kenya.






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Nyanza Province of Kenya
Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
, on Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area ....
, is one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi
Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital city and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai language phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters"....
; it is in the southwest corner of Kenya. Nyanza
Nyanza

Nyanza may refer to:*Nyanza, Rwanda**Nyanza , the district surrounding Nyanza, Rwanda*Nyanza Province, Kenya*Nyanza Lac, Burundi*Nyanza, the Bantu word for lake, in particular:...
 includes part of the eastern edge of Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area ....
 and is inhabited predominantly by the Luo
Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)

The Luo are an ethnic group in Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania. They are part of a larger group of ethnolinguistically related Luo who inhabit an area including southern Sudan, northern and eastern Uganda, western Kenya, and northern Tanzania....
. There are also Bantu-speaking
Bantu languages

The Bantu languages constitute a grouping belonging to the Niger-Congo languages family. This grouping is deep down in the genealogical tree of the Bantoid grouping, which in turn is deep down in the Niger-Congo tree....
 tribes such as the Gusii, the Kuria
Kuria (ethnic group)

The Kuria are an ethnic and linguistic group resident in the Tarime and Serengeti districts of the Mara, Tanzania region in Northern Tanzania, and the west and east districts of Nyanza Province in southwest Kenya....
 and a few traces of the Luhya
Luhya

The Luhya are the second largest ethnic group in Kenya, numbering about 5.3 million people, or 14% of Kenya's total population of 38 million, according to kenyaweb.com....
 living in the province. The province derives its name from the Sukuma
Sukuma

The Sukuma is the largest ethnic group in Tanzania, with an estimate 3.2 million members representing between 10 and 13 percent of the country's total population....
, a Bantu-speaking tribe living on the Tanzania
Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
n shore of Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area ....
, to whom the word Nyanza means a large mass of water.

The provincial capital is Kisumu
Kisumu

Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at , with a population of 355,024 . It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu District....
, the third largest city in Kenya. The province has a population of 4,392,196 (as of 1999) within an area of 16,162 kmē.

The climate is tropical humid.

Districts

Initially, Nyanza had four administrative districts. Since the 1990s, the province has been further divided into the following districts:

District :
Bondo
Bondo District

Bondo District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Bondo, Kenya. The Bondo District has a population of 238,780 ....
  Gucha
Gucha District

Gucha District is a Districts of Kenya in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District....
  Homa Bay
Homa Bay District

Homa Bay District is an Districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Homa Bay. The district has a population of 288,540 and an area of 1,160 km? ....
  Kisii
Kisii District

Kisii District is one of the twelve Districts of Kenya of Nyanza Province in southwest Kenya, and is divided into five local authorities and eleven administrative districts....
  Kisumu
Kisumu District

Kisumu District is an districts of Kenya of Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquarters is Kisumu City. It has a population of 504,359 and a land area of 919 km? ....
  Kuria
Kuria District

Kuria District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kehancha . The district has a population of 151,887 and an area of 581 km?....
  Migori
Migori District

Migori District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. It is located in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town is Migori. The district has a population of 514,897 and an area of 2,005 km? ....
  Nyamira Nyando
Nyando District

Nyando district is a fairly new districts of Kenya in Kenya which broke away from Kisumu District in Nyanza Province in 1998. Its capital is in a small town called Awasi, located 30 kilometres east of Kisumu....
  Rachuonyo
Rachuonyo District

Rachuonyo District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kosele, formerly it was located in Oyugis. The district has a population of 307,126 and an area of 945 km? ....
  Siaya
Siaya District

Siaya District is one of the twelve districts of Kenya that make up Nyanza Province in the southwest part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia District to the North, Vihiga District and Butere/Mumias Districts to the North-East, Bondo District to the South, and Kisumu District to the South-East....
  Suba
Suba District

Suba District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Mbita Point. The district has a population of 155,666 and an area of 1,055 km? ....
 

Districts after 2007


Several new districts were created in 2007 in Kenya, also in in Nyanza Province :

District Capital
Bondo
Bondo District

Bondo District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Bondo, Kenya. The Bondo District has a population of 238,780 ....
  		Bondo
Bondo, Kenya

Bondo is a town in Nyanza Province of Kenya. It the capital of Bondo District. Bondo is located 50 kilometres west of Kisumu, the provincial capital....
Borabu Nyansiongo
Gucha
Gucha District

Gucha District is a Districts of Kenya in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District....
  		Ogembo
Ogembo

Ogembo is a town, capital of the Gucha District of Nyanza Province, Kenya....
Homa Bay
Homa Bay District

Homa Bay District is an Districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Homa Bay. The district has a population of 288,540 and an area of 1,160 km? ....
  		Homa Bay
Homa Bay

Homa Bay is a bay and town on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in western Kenya. It lies near Mount Homa and Ruma National Park, the latter noted for Jackson's hartebeests and roan antelope ....
Kisii Kisii
Kisii, Kenya

Kisii town, located in south-western Kenya, is the main urban and commercial centre in Gusii Highlands. The Kisii municipality has a population of nearly 70,000, according to 2002 estimates....
Kisumu East Holo
Kisumu West Kisumu
Kisumu

Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at , with a population of 355,024 . It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu District....
Kuria
Kuria District

Kuria District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kehancha . The district has a population of 151,887 and an area of 581 km?....
 		 Kehancha
Manga  
Masaba Keroka
Migori
Migori District

Migori District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. It is located in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town is Migori. The district has a population of 514,897 and an area of 2,005 km? ....
 		 Migori
Migori

Migori is a town in Nyanza Province of Kenya. Migori is capital of the Migori District. The town is located 50 km south of Kisii, Kenya and 20 km north of the Tanzanian border....
Nyamira Nyamira
Nyamira

Nyamira District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. It was formerly part of the Kisii District and is sometimes called as North Kisii District....
Nyando
Nyando District

Nyando district is a fairly new districts of Kenya in Kenya which broke away from Kisumu District in Nyanza Province in 1998. Its capital is in a small town called Awasi, located 30 kilometres east of Kisumu....
 		 Awasi
Rachuonyo
Rachuonyo District

Rachuonyo District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kosele, formerly it was located in Oyugis. The district has a population of 307,126 and an area of 945 km? ....
  		Kosele
Rarieda  
Rongo Rongo
Rongo

In Maori mythology, Rongo is a major god, the god of cultivated food, especially the Sweet potato, a vital food crop. Other food crops cultivated by Maori in traditional times include taro, yams , cordyline , and gourds ....
Siaya
Siaya District

Siaya District is one of the twelve districts of Kenya that make up Nyanza Province in the southwest part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia District to the North, Vihiga District and Butere/Mumias Districts to the North-East, Bondo District to the South, and Kisumu District to the South-East....
 		 Siaya
Siaya

Siaya is a town in Nyanza Province of Kenya. It is the capital of Siaya District. It is located 50 kilometres Northwest of Kisumu, the provincial capital....
Suba
Suba District

Suba District is an districts of Kenya in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Mbita Point. The district has a population of 155,666 and an area of 1,055 km? ....
 		 Mbita


Languages

The predominant language in Nyanza is Dholuo
Dholuo language

Dholuo belongs to the Luo grouping within the Western Nilotic languages grouping of the Nilo-Saharan languages. It is spoken by the Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, numbering about 3 million, who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Lake Victoria and areas south of there....
, a Nilotic language
Nilotic languages

The Nilotic languages are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken across a wide area between southern Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples, particularly associated with cattle-herding....
 whose origins are from Southern Sudan, spoken by the Luo
Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)

The Luo are an ethnic group in Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania. They are part of a larger group of ethnolinguistically related Luo who inhabit an area including southern Sudan, northern and eastern Uganda, western Kenya, and northern Tanzania....
.

Other languages include Gusii
Gusii language

The 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 Kisii people people, numbering about 1.5 million ....
, Luhya
Luhya languages

Luhya is a group of Bantu languages languages spoken in the western part of Kenya by the Luhya people residing between Lake Victoria, Uganda and Mount Elgon....
, Kuria and the national languages English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 and Swahili
Swahili language

Swahili is the first language of the Swahili people , who inhabit several large stretches of the Indian Ocean coastline from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique, including the Comoros Islands....
. Other languages from the many Kenyan communities are also spoken in small pockets by migrants from these communities.

Notable residents

Barack Obama, Sr.
Barack Obama, Sr.

Barack Hussein Obama was a Kenyan senior governmental economist, and father of US President Barack Obama. He is a central subject in his son's memoir, Dreams from My Father....
, ethnic Luo
Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)

The Luo are an ethnic group in Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania. They are part of a larger group of ethnolinguistically related Luo who inhabit an area including southern Sudan, northern and eastern Uganda, western Kenya, and northern Tanzania....
 and father of United States Senator
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
 and president of the United States was born in the Nyanza Province.

External links

Languages
  • Swahili- English translation
  • English- Ekegusii translation