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.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: county of Kenya with 894,000 residents
  • Description: county of Kenya
  • Also known as: “Busia (district)”, “Busia District”, “Busia distrikt (Kenya)”, and “Wilaya Busia, Kenya”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matayos and Bumala.

Village
is a settlement in the Busia County of 's former Western Province.

Town
is a settlement in 's Busia County. is situated 6 km southeast of Busia County.

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: “布希亞郡”
  • Danish: “Busia Amt (Kenya)”
  • Danish: “Busia Amt”
  • Dutch: “Busia County”
  • Dutch: “Busia”
  • Finnish: “Busian piirikunta”
  • French: “Busia”
  • French: “Comté de Busia”
  • German: “Busia County”
  • 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 ya Busia, Kenya”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Busia”
  • 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”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Musoma and Munongo.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Nangoma and Nanginingini.

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