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Kisumu
Kisumu County · Kenya
City population
397,957
#7
in Kenya
#1
in Kisumu County
#1,439
worldwide
-0.102, 34.762 · 264 km from Nairobi
About Kisumu
Kisumu is a city in Kisumu County, Kenya with a population of 397,957. It is the 7th largest of the 119 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Kenya, and the 1,439th largest worldwide. It lies 264 km from Nairobi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Kisumu County
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
1,174 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Nairobi
Coordinates
-0.102, 34.762
Record updated
2023-12-21
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 119 in KenyaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.