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Central nyanza
The equatorial line at Maseno
Information
Country	Kenya
Region	Western Kenya
Main city	Kisumu
Lake	Lake Victoria
Watercourse	Nzoia, Yala, Nyando, Polled Miriu
Minimum altitude	1 131,7 m (lake victoria)
Maximum altitude	1 785 m
Area	4 616,3 km²
Population	1 811 213 hab. (2009)
Density	392,35 inhab./km²
Other language	luo
Telephone prefix	254 57
Location
0 ° 4 ′ 48 ″ S 34 ° 37 ′ 12 ″ E
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the Central nyanza is a region of Western Kenya.

Understand

Regions

Kisumu County (Kisumu, Ahero, Maseno) Siaya County (Siaya, Bondo, Yala) Lake Victoria

Cities

• -0.105134.75341 Kisumu  – 567,963 inhab. (2019), capital of Kisumu county. (last update June 2020)
• -0.099334.27292 Bondo  – 33,468 inhab. (2009), the largest locality in Siaya County. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 0.059934.28573 Siaya  – 22,586 inhab. (2009), capital of Siaya County. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 0.090834.53894 Yala  – 6,412 inhab. (2009), locality of Siaya County. (last update Feb. 2018)
• -0.005234.59795 Maseno  – Small university town in Kisumu County. (last update Feb. 2018)

Other destinations

• -0.20235534.5115411 Ndere Island and National Park (Ndere Island National Park)  – National park constituting the entire small island of Ndere. Among the fauna living on the island, African Fish Eagles (Haliaeetus vocifer), swifts, hippos and Nile crocodiles. Impalas have also been introduced by humans. (last update Feb. 2018)
• -0.1178734.5407162 Mikayi Kit  – High rock pile 70 m and the most sacred place for the Luo. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 0.03819634.0639353 Lake Kanyaboli National Reserve (Yala Swamp)  – The largest swamp in lake victoria and one of the sources of the Nile. (last update Feb. 2018)
• -0.01111134.3455564 Sarah Obama House  – The cradle village of the paternal family of Barack Obama Jr. the 44^e president of United States. (last update March 2018)
• -0.11199334.2296115 Mausoleum of Oginga Odinga  – Classified as a national monument (National monument), the site includes the mausoleum of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, 1^er vice president of Kenya as well as a small museum (last update Feb. 2018)
• 0.000134.6016736 Crossing the terrestrial equator  – The equinoctial line can be easily passed by car, especially a few kilometers north of Kisumu either on the A1 either on the B1 (the place is marked by a monument as well as by a cut stone line which follows the equatorial line for a few meters) but also at Kogelo on the C28 and to Malanga Wall on the secondary road D246. (last update Feb. 2018)

To speak

In Kenya, people generally speak the language of their tribe among themselves, here the luo, the swahili and theEnglish. Young people also speak sheng which is a slang mixing the tribal language, Swahili and English. However many older people, like for example Sarah obama, speak only Luo. TO Kisumu, you will also be able to meet people who know the basics of French which is the 1^D foreign language taught in Kenya.

To go

By plane

The best way to arrive by plane whether it is, in particular, to central Nyanza or, in general, to Western Kenya is the international airport of Kisumu. Regular flights have been organized since Nairobi, Eldoret, Kampala, in Uganda, and Mwanza, in Tanzania.

• -0.08196834.7285661 Kisumu International Airport (Kisumu International Airport IATA : KIS) Airport Road, 40100 Kisumu,   254 57 2020811, 254 728 765360 (cellphone) (last update Feb. 2018)

On a boat

Since the shutdown in 2005 of the last two international ferries which linked Kisumu and Entebbe in Uganda, there is no longer any possibility of reaching Kisumu by lake victoria by means of a regular transport service. Since 2009, a return to service project has been on the cards for the Ugandan government, but in 2018 nothing concrete has yet come of it. Patience then!

By train

• -0.10480234.7476522 Kisumu Station (Kisumu Railway Station) New Station Road, 40100 Kisumu, e-mail : [email protected] (last update Feb. 2018)

By bus

The bus station of Kisumu is the focal point for all the coaches that crisscross the Western Kenya.

• -0.10096834.7591383 Bus station Jomo Kenyatta Highway, 40100 Kisumu – In Kisumu, coaches stop at the bus station and their ticket office. (last update Feb. 2018)

The three main companies are:

• Coast Bus (destinations: Nairobi, Bungoma, Kakamega) ;
• Easy Coach (destinations: Nairobi, Bungoma, Busia, Eldoret, Kakamega, Kisii, Migori, Siaya, Webuye, Kampala (Uganda) ;
• Modern Coach (destinations: Nairobi, Busia, Kisii, Migori).

By car

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Around

• 0.29166734.8561117 Kakamega Forest National Reserve (Kakamega Forest National Reserve) (North) – Kenya's last primary tropical rainforest. (last update Dec. 2018)

Distances in kilometers by the fastest road from the towns of central Nyanza
(center to center)

Locality	Nairobi	Eldoret	Kakamega	Kisumu	Nakuru	Siaya	Kampala
Bondo	409	177	105	71	252	22	278
Kisumu	380	118	50	—	185	73	314
Maseno	378	122	50	38	223	41	285
Siaya	413	156	83	73	258	—	257
Yala	386	121	49	49	231	39	268