Cities

Kisumu

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Kisumu." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/kisumu.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Kisumu. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/kisumu

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-kisumu,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Kisumu},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/kisumu},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya, located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province, and the second-largest city in the Lake Victoria Basin after Kampala.

Facts

Population

397,957 1

Area (sq km)

297 1

Founding Year

1901 1

Population Estimate Year

2019 1

Elevation (m)

1131 1

Latitude

0.083 degrees south 1

Longitude

34.767 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Kenya

Source Kisumu (Wikipedia)

Kisumu County

Kisumu is associated with Kisumu County.

Source Kisumu (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Africa

Sources

1. Kisumu (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

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Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the second-largest city in the Lake Victoria Basin after Kampala.

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1. Kisumu (Wikipedia)

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