Rusinga Island

Rusinga Island is on Lake Victoria in . Like the waters surrounding it, Rusinga is a mellow and relaxed place.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mbita Point.

Town
is a town in the former province of Nyanza, , currently in Homa Bay County, on the shores of . It is home to the Thomas Odhiambo campus of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology.

Rusinga Island

Latitude
-0.4065° or 0° 24′ 24″ south
Longitude
34.1771° or 34° 10′ 38″ east
Elevation
1,280 metres (4,199 feet)
Open location code
6GFPH5VG+9R
Geo­Names ID
180956
Wiki­data ID
Q2356704
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Rusinga Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة روسنغا
  • Armenian: Ռուսինգա (կղզի)
  • Armenian: Ռուսինգա
  • Bulgarian: Русинга
  • Catalan: Illa Rusinga
  • Cebuano: Rusinga Island
  • Chinese: 魯辛加島
  • Chinese: 鲁辛加岛
  • Dutch: Rusinga
  • Esperanto: Insulo Rusinga
  • French: Rusinga
  • German: Rusinga Island
  • German: Rusinga
  • Interlingua: Rusinga
  • Italian: Isola di Rusinga
  • Italian: Rusinga Island
  • Italian: Rusinga
  • Japanese: ルシンガ島
  • Persian: روسینگا
  • Russian: Русинга (остров)
  • Russian: Русинга
  • Spanish: Isla Rusinga
  • Swahili: Kisiwa cha Rusinga
  • Swedish: Rusinga
  • Tosk Albanian: Rusinga Island
  • Turkish: Rusinga Adası
  • Western Frisian: Rusinga-eilân
  • Western Frisian: Rusinga

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Rusinga Island”. Photo: Küchenkraut, CC BY-SA 3.0.