Kakamega

Kakamega is a city of around 100,000 inhabitants in the Nyanza province in . It's a common starting point for trips to the nearby .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bukhungu Stadium and Kakamega School.

Stadium
The is a multi-purpose in Kakamega, . It used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Western Stima of the Kenyan Premier League.

School
, formerly known as Government African School Kakamega and Kakamega High School, is a four-year high school in Kakamega, Western Kenya, founded in 1932.

Kakamega

Latitude
0.2833° or 0° 16′ 60″ north
Longitude
34.75° or 34° 45′ east
Population
91,800
Elevation
1,563 metres (5,128 feet)
IATA airport code
GGM
United Nations Location Code
KE KAK
Open location code
6GGP7QM2+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44999588
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
195272
Wiki­data ID
Q302912
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Kakamega” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاكاميغا”
  • Armenian: “Կակամեգա”
  • Asturian: “Kakamega”
  • Belarusian: “Какамега”
  • Bengali: “কাকামেগা”
  • Breton: “Kakamega”
  • Catalan: “Kakamega”
  • Cebuano: “Kakamega”
  • Chinese: “卡卡梅加”
  • Corsican: “Kakamega”
  • Croatian: “Kakamega”
  • Danish: “Kakamega”
  • Dutch: “Kakamega”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاكاميجا”
  • Esperanto: “Kakamega”
  • Estonian: “Kakamega”
  • Finnish: “Kakamega”
  • French: “Kakamega”
  • Georgian: “კაკამეგა”
  • German: “Kakamega”
  • Greek: “Κακαμέγκα”
  • Gujarati: “કાકમેગા”
  • Hindi: “काकामेगा”
  • Indonesian: “Kakamega”
  • Italian: “Kakamega”
  • Japanese: “カカメガ”
  • Kannada: “ಕಕಮೆಗ”
  • Kikuyu: “Kakamega”
  • Korean: “카카메가”
  • Latvian: “Kakamega”
  • Lithuanian: “Kakamega”
  • Low German: “Kakamega”
  • Malay: “Kakamega”
  • Marathi: “काकमेगा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kakamega”
  • Norwegian: “Kakamega”
  • Persian: “کاکامگا، کنیا”
  • Persian: “کاکامگا”
  • Polish: “Kakamega”
  • Portuguese: “Kakamega”
  • Romanian: “Kakamega”
  • Russian: “Какамега”
  • Russian: “Какамеге”
  • Serbian: “Какамега”
  • Sinhala: “කාකමෙගා”
  • Slovenian: “Kakamega”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کاکامقا، کنیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کاکامقا”
  • Spanish: “Kakamega”
  • Swahili: “Kakamega”
  • Swedish: “Kakamega”
  • Tahitian: “Kakamega”
  • Tamil: “ககாமிகா”
  • Telugu: “కకమెగా”
  • Thai: “คาคาเมก้า”
  • Tumbuka: “Kakamega, Kenya”
  • Turkish: “Kakamega, Kenya”
  • Turkish: “Kakamega”
  • Ukrainian: “Какамега”
  • Urdu: “کاکامیجا”
  • Urdu: “کاکامیگا”
  • Uzbek: “Kakamega (okrug)”
  • Uzbek: “Kakamega”
  • Vietnamese: “Kakamega”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kakamega”
  • Zulu: “Kakamega”

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