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Vihiga

Vihiga is a town in Kenya located on the eastern side of the Kakamega Forest.

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Place details

Locality: Kisumu
Region: Kisumu
Country: Kenya
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Vihiga
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map: Kenya
Settlement.mapsize: 200px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Vihiga
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Vihiga County
Settlement.population_as_of: 2009
Settlement.population_total: 118,696
Settlement.timezone: EAT
Settlement.utc_offset: +3

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Official name: Vihiga
Country: Kenya
Located in: Vihiga County
Population: +27127
Elevation: +1594
Capital of: Vihiga County

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Vihiga is a town in Kenya located on the eastern side of the Kakamega Forest.

==Geography== The town is located along the Kisumu-Kakamega highway, five kilometres north of the equator. Vihiga bears the same name as its county, Vihiga County. Vihiga municipality had a population of 118,696 according to the 2009 census and 95,292 in the 2019 census, a decrease of 23,404, 11%.