Kisii

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Kisii is a bustling commercial and administrative town in southwestern Kenya, serving as a key hub for the surrounding agricultural highlands and the Kisii community.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kisii canonical 9
Gusii 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
climate tropical highland climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coordinateLocation -0.6833 34.7667 ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
countryCode KE ⓘ
distanceToNairobi approximately 300 km by road ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural produce marketing ⓘ
retail commerce ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
elevation about 1700 metres above sea level ⓘ
ethnicMajority Kisii people ⓘ
governedBy Kisii County Government ⓘ
linked to: Kisii County
hasFacility banks ⓘ
bus terminus ⓘ
educational institutions ⓘ
hospitals ⓘ
open-air markets ⓘ
hasUrbanStatus municipality ⓘ
isAdministrativeCenterOf Kisii County ⓘ
isCommercialCenterFor Kisii County ⓘ
isCommercialHubFor Gusii Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Cherangani Hills
isServiceCenterFor surrounding agricultural highlands ⓘ
languageSpoken Ekegusii ⓘ
English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
locatedIn Southwestern Kenya ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Kisii County ⓘ
locatedInFormerProvince Nyanza Province ⓘ
mainCropsTraded bananas ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
maize ⓘ
tea ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
namedAfter Kisii people ⓘ
nearbyCity Kisumu ⓘ
Nakuru ⓘ
partOf Kisii County ⓘ
populationTrend growing urban population ⓘ
regionalRole administrative hub for Kisii County ⓘ
commercial hub for southwestern Kenya ⓘ
roadConnection Kisii–Kisumu road ⓘ
Kisii–Nairobi highway ⓘ
surroundedBy fertile agricultural highlands ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Nyanza region → hasTown → Kisii ⓘ
Kisii District → capital → Kisii ⓘ
Kisii District → majorTown → Kisii ⓘ
Oyugis → nearestMajorTown → Kisii ⓘ
Luhya → regionNeighbor → Kisii ⓘ
Nyanza Province → hasTown → Kisii ⓘ
Kisii people → demonym → Kisii ⓘ
Kenyan highlands → ethnicGroups → Gusii ⓘ
linked to: Kisii