Busia County

Busia is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. The capital and largest town is . Busia County is located directly east of the border town of , and borders to the southwest, Siaya County to the southeast, and and to the east.
  • Type: county of Kenya with 894,000 residents
  • Description: county of Kenya
  • Also known as: Busia District

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matayos and Namiaso.

Village
is a settlement in the Busia County of 's former Western Province. is a small township of about two thousand inhabitants along the B1 road, sixteen kilometres from the border point, and about two kilometres east of the Sio River bridge.

Village
is a settlement in 's Busia County. is situated 10 km west of Busia County.

Busia County

Latitude
0.35° or 0° 21′ north
Longitude
34.17° or 34° 10′ 12″ east
Population
894,000
Elevation
1,211 metres (3,973 feet)
Open location code
6GGP85XC+X2
Geo­Names ID
199987
Wiki­data ID
Q1017519
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Busia County” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: ቡሲያ ካውንቲ
  • Azerbaijani: Busiya Okruqu
  • Basque: Busia konderria
  • Bengali: বুসিয়া কাউন্টি
  • Catalan: Busia
  • Cebuano: Busia
  • Chinese: Busia Kūn
  • Chinese: 布希亞郡
  • Danish: Busia Amt (Kenya)
  • Danish: Busia Amt
  • Dutch: Busia (district)
  • Dutch: Busia County
  • Dutch: Busia
  • Finnish: Busian piirikunta
  • French: Busia
  • French: Comté de Busia
  • German: Busia County
  • German: Busia District
  • Hausa: Busia County
  • Indonesian: County Busia
  • Italian: Contea di Busia
  • Japanese: ブシア (カウンティ)
  • Japanese: ブシア
  • Javanese: Kabupaten Busia
  • Kazakh: Бусия округі
  • Kirghiz: Бусия Округу
  • Korean: 부시아현
  • Malay: Daerah Busia
  • Min Nan Chinese: Busia Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Busia fylke
  • Norwegian: Busia fylke
  • Oromo: Gidda Busia
  • Panjabi: ਬੁਸੀਆ ਕাউਂਟੀ
  • Persian: شهرستان بوسیا
  • Polish: Busia (hrabstwo)
  • Polish: Busia
  • Portuguese: Condado de Busia
  • Pushto: د بوسيا ولايت
  • Russian: Бусиа
  • Slovenian: Busia
  • Somali: Gobolka Busia
  • Spanish: Condado de Busia
  • Swahili: Kaunti ya Busia
  • Swahili: Wilaya Busia, Kenya
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Busia, Kenya
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Busia
  • Swedish: Busia distrikt (Kenya)
  • Swedish: Busia
  • Tajik: Шахристони Бусия
  • Tatar: Бусия округе
  • Ukrainian: Бусія (графство)
  • Ukrainian: Бусія
  • Urdu: بوسیا کاؤنٹی
  • Uzbek: Busia Okrugi
  • Venetian: contea de Busia
  • Vietnamese: Busia
  • Welsh: Sir Busia
  • Zulu: Busia County

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