Kisii District

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Kisii District was a former administrative district in southwestern Kenya, inhabited mainly by the Kisii (Abagusii) people and centered around the town of Kisii.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kisii town 5
Kisii District canonical 2
Nyamira District 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative district
administrativeCenter Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
administrativeFunction coordination of public services
local government administration
agroEcologicalZone high rainfall area
borderedBy Gucha District
Homa Bay District
Migori District
linked to: Migori County

Nyamira District
linked to: Nyamira County

Rachuonyo District
capital Kisii
climate tropical highland climate
continent Africa
country Kenya
dissolvedInto Kisii County
Nyamira County
educationCenter Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
ethnicMajority Abagusii people
Kisii people
formerStatus defunct administrative unit
formerSubdivisionOf Nyanza Province
governedBy District Commissioner
healthServicesCenter Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
historicalRegionFor Kisii people
inhabitedBy Abagusii people
Kisii people
knownFor high agricultural productivity
hilly terrain
relatively high population density
languageMajority Ekegusii
locatedIn southwestern Kenya
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Nyanza Province
mainEconomicActivity banana farming
coffee farming
dairy farming
subsistence agriculture
tea farming
majorTown Kisii
namedAfter Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
partOf former Nyanza Province administrative structure
populationGroup Bantu peoples
primaryReligion Christianity
region Western Kenya
linked to: western Kenya
replacedBy county system of government in Kenya
timeZone East Africa Time
transportHub Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
usedUntil 2010s constitutional reforms in Kenya
UTCOffset +3

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Rachuonyo District borderedBy Kisii District
Rachuonyo District borderedBy Nyamira District
linked to: Kisii District
Kisii District namedAfter Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
Kisii District administrativeCenter Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
Kisii District transportHub Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
Kisii District educationCenter Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
Kisii District healthServicesCenter Kisii town
linked to: Kisii District
Homa Bay District usedToBelongTo South Nyanza District
linked to: Kisii District