Vihiga
Vihiga is a town in Western Kenya. It is the main town of the Maragoli sub-tribe of the Luhya people.- Town with about 27,100 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,590 metres (5,230 feet)
- Description: municipality in Vihiga County, Kenya
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mutet and Nyahera.
Vihiga
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Latitude
0.04716° or 0° 2′ 50″ north
Longitude
34.71948° or 34° 43′ 10″ east
Open location code
6GGP2PW9+VQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vihiga Police Station and Chango.
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