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ID: 1090456
Page Link:
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Record Type:
administrative
Kakamega (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 00 17 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 0.2833
decimal degrees
Long: 034 47 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 34.7833
decimal degrees
Note:
Was established as a British defensive post; received large influx of settlers after gold was discovered in 1931; produces processed food, clothing & footwear; connected by road to Mumias & Kisumu.
Names:
Kakamega
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Kenya
(nation) (
P
)
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Kakamega
(county) (
P
)
................
Kakamega
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
developed by British 1903
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Kakamega..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 687
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
94
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
601
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 687
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
94
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
601
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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