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Homa Bay
Homa Bay County, Kenya · Africa
About Homa Bay
Homa Bay sits on the route: 15 minutes from Awendo.
Homa Bay is in Homa Bay County, Kenya, with about 45,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Awendo, about 7 km away.
Homa Bay is a town (and eponymous bay) on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in western Kenya. It lies near Mount Homa (in the Luo language Got Marahuma or God Uma ["famous mountain"]) and Ruma National Park, the latter noted for Jackson's hartebeests and roan antelope (the government has also releasedRead more
reticulated giraffes into the park).
Homa Bay was once the District Headquarters for all of South Nyanza District, Nyanza Province, but has now been divided into at least three districts. Homa Bay is now the capital of Homa Bay County per the new constitution. The town of Homa Bay hosts a Municipal Council. The municipality had a population of 44,949 in 2019.
Homa Bay municipality has six wards: Central, Kalanya, Kanyabala, Kanyadier/Kothidha, Katuma, and Posta/Bonde. All of them belong to the Rangwe Constituency, which has a total of fourteen wards. The remaining eight are located within Homa Bay County Council, the rural council of Homa Bay District.
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Homa Bay is in Homa Bay County, Kenya, about 7 km from Awendo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 44,949
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Kenya
- Region
- Homa Bay County
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
- Coordinates
- -0.5273, 34.4571
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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