Mbita Point
Mbita Point is a town in the former province of Nyanza, Kenya, currently in Homa Bay County, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is home to the Thomas Odhiambo campus of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology.Places of Interest
Highlights: Rusinga Island.
Mbita Point
- Type: Town with 6,100 residents
- Description: Kenyan town
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Homa Bay County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-0.42189° or 0° 25′ 19″ south
Longitude
34.20759° or 34° 12′ 27″ east
Population
6,100
Elevation
1,154 metres (3,786 feet)
Open location code
6GFPH6H5+62
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Zulu—“Mbita Point” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Мбита”
- Cebuano: “Mbita”
- Dutch: “Mbita Point”
- French: “Mbita”
- Japanese: “ムビタ・ポイント”
- Polish: “Mbita Point”
- Spanish: “Mbita Point”
- Swahili: “Mbita Point”
- Swedish: “Mbita Point”
- Zulu: “Mbita Point”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kolunga and Lwanda Kotieno.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Main Bus and Matatu Stage and Mbita Border Control Point.
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