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 (5)

Label Occurrences
Kisii District canonical 5
Kisii town 5
Kisii region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Kurya people → region → Kisii region ⓘ
linked to: Kisii District
Gucha District → carvedOutOf → Kisii District ⓘ
Gucha District → borderedBy → Kisii District ⓘ
Bomet District → borderedBy → Kisii District ⓘ