Vihiga County
Vihiga District was an administrative district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Mbale. The district had a population of 498,883 and an area of 563 km2.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vihiga and Mutet.
Mutet
Village
Mutet is a settlement in Kisumu county, Kenya. Mutet is situated 6 km southeast of Vihiga County.
Vihiga County
- Description: former district in Kenya
- Also known as: “Vihiga District” and “维希加县”
- Location: Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.072° or 0° 4′ 19″ north
Longitude
34.712° or 34° 42′ 43″ east
Population
590,000
Elevation
1,580 metres (5,184 feet)
Open location code
6GGP3PC6+RQ
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Vihiga County” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ቪሂጋ ካውንቲ”
- Azerbaijani: “Vihiga Okruqu”
- Bengali: “ভিহিগা কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Вихига”
- Catalan: “comtat de Vihiga”
- Cebuano: “Vihiga”
- Chinese: “維希加縣”
- Dutch: “Vihiga”
- French: “Vihiga”
- German: “Vihiga District”
- Hausa: “Vihiga County”
- Indonesian: “County Vihiga”
- Italian: “Contea di Vihiga”
- Japanese: “ヴィヒガ”
- Javanese: “Kabupaten Vihiga”
- Kazakh: “Вихига округі”
- Kirghiz: “Вихига Округу”
- Korean: “비히가현”
- Malay: “Daerah Vihiga”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vihiga Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vihiga fylke”
- Oromo: “Gidda Vihiga”
- Panjabi: “ਵਿਹਿਗਾ ਕਾਉਂਟੀ”
- Persian: “شهرستان ویهیگا”
- Polish: “Vihiga”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Vihiga”
- Pushto: “د ويهيګا ولايت”
- Russian: “Вихига”
- Somali: “Gobolka Vihiga”
- Spanish: “Condado de Vihiga”
- Swahili: “Kaunti ya Vihiga”
- Swedish: “Vihiga”
- Tajik: “Шахристони Вихига”
- Tatar: “Вихига округе”
- Ukrainian: “Округ Віхіга”
- Urdu: “ویہیگا کاؤنٹی”
- Uzbek: “Vihiga Okrugi”
- Vietnamese: “Vihiga”
- Zulu: “Vihiga County”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mbihi and Mbale.
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Highlights: Manyata and Runyerere.
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