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Kisumu

Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya; it is on a bay on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria at an elevation of 1,131 m. It is the headquarters of Kisumu County and after Kampala, the second largest city in the Lake Victoria basin. Wikivoyage

Population 397,957 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Kenya

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Kenya

Getting there

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Markets

  • Lake Market

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    480 m from the centre

  • Chichwa Market

    No hours mapped

    610 m from the centre

  • Uhuru Business Park Market Complex

    No hours mapped

    1000 m from the centre

  • Kisumu municipal market

    No hours mapped

    1.0 km from the centre

  • Simba Market

    No hours mapped

    2.1 km from the centre

  • Kibuye

    No hours mapped

    2.2 km from the centre

  • Kombedu Market

    No hours mapped

    2.2 km from the centre

  • Kombedu

    No hours mapped

    2.3 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 7 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Kisumu Railway Station 1.8 km

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