Vihiga
Vihiga is a town in Western Kenya. It is the main town of the Maragoli sub-tribe of the Luhya people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mutet.
Mutet
Village
Mutet is a settlement in Kenya's Nyanza Province. Mutet is situated 3½ km southeast of Vihiga.
Vihiga
- Type: Town with 27,100 residents
- Description: municipality in Vihiga County, Kenya
- Categories: human settlement, cemetery, and locality
- Location: Vihiga County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.04716° or 0° 2′ 50″ northLongitude
34.71948° or 34° 43′ 10″ eastPopulation
27,100Elevation
1,669 metres (5,476 feet)Open location code
6GGP2PW9+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1474326887OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryOpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Zulu—“Vihiga” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “維希加”
- Chinese: “维希加”
- Chinese: “韋希加”
- Chinese: “韦希加”
- Dutch: “Vihiga”
- French: “Vihiga”
- Fulah: “Vihiga”
- Irish: “Vihiga”
- Italian: “Vihiga”
- Japanese: “ヴィヒガ”
- Kikuyu: “Vihiga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vihiga”
- Norwegian: “Vihiga”
- Persian: “ویهیگا”
- Polish: “Vihiga”
- Russian: “Вихига”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویهیقا”
- Spanish: “Vihiga”
- Swahili: “Vihiga”
- Swedish: “Vihiga”
- Ukrainian: “Віхіга”
- Urdu: “ویہیگا”
- Zulu: “Vihiga”
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