Place:Siaya

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Typical middle-class house in Siaya

Siaya is a municipality and the capital of Siaya County, Kenya. It is located 74 km (46 mi) northwest of Kisumu. The urban center had a population of 33,153 in 2019.[1]

Siaya municipality has five wards: Mjini, Siaya Central, Siaya East, Siaya North and Siaya West. All of them are part of Alego Constituency.[2] With the new constitution, it is now also in Siaya County of which it is also its headquarters.

Notable individuals

  • Jared Angira, poet[3]
  • Clarke Oduor, footballer
  • Raila Odinga, politician and Kingpin of the Luo community

References

  1. ↑ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units". https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-ii-distribution-of-population-by-administrative-units&wpdmdl=5728&ind=MT12f0IDWVM-a0J2dc3Xi42qelbruMwR0a7XIWb0iAwnedEVNBjd_1FEwMun_eI5. 
  2. ↑ "Registration centres by electoral area and constituency". Electoral Commission of Kenya. http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "Biografski dodaci" (in sh). Republika: Časopis za kulturu i društvena pitanja (Izbor iz novije afričke književnosti) (Zagreb, SR Croatia) XXXIV (12): 1424–1427. December 1978. http://dhk.hr/casopis-republika/. 

[ ⚑ ] 0°04′N 34°17′E / 0.067°N 34.283°E / 0.067; 34.283



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