Nyanza Province

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The capital of Kenya's Nyanza Province, on Lake Victoria, is Kisumu (click to enlarge map)

Nyanza Province of Kenya, on Lake Victoria, is one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi; it is in the southwest corner of Kenya. 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 Gusii, the Kuria and a few traces of the Luhya living in the province. The province derives its name from the Sukuma, a Bantu-speaking tribe living on the Tanzanian shore of Lake Victoria, to whom the word Nyanza means a large mass of water.

The provincial capital is Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya. The province has a population of 4,392,196 (as of 1999) within an area of 16,162 km². [1]

The climate is tropical humid.

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

District (capital):
Bondo (Bondo) · Gucha (Ogembo ^a) · Homa Bay (Homa Bay) · Kisii (Kisii ^b · Kisumu (Kisumu) · Kuria (Kehancha) · Migori (Migori) · Nyamira (Nyamira ^c · Nyando (Awasi) · Rachuonyo (Oyugis) · Siaya (Siaya) · Suba (Mbita

^a Also known as South Kisii District and Ogembo District.
^b Also known as Kisii Central District.
^c Also known as North Kisii District.

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