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'''Siaya''' is a town in [[Siaya County]] of [[Kenya]]. It is the capital of [[Siaya County]]. It is located 74 kilometres northwest of [[Kisumu]], the provincial capital. The urban center had a population of 33,153 in 2019.<ref name =Census2019>{{cite web|url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-ii-distribution-of-population-by-administrative-units&wpdmdl=5728&ind=MT12f0IDWVM-a0J2dc3Xi42qelbruMwR0a7XIWb0iAwnedEVNBjd_1FEwMun_eI5 |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units
'''Siaya''' is a town in [[Siaya County]] of [[Kenya]]. It is the capital of [[Siaya County]]. It is located {{convert|74|km|mi|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Kisumu]], the provincial capital. The urban center had a population of 33,153 in 2019.<ref name =Census2019>{{cite web|url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-ii-distribution-of-population-by-administrative-units&wpdmdl=5728&ind=MT12f0IDWVM-a0J2dc3Xi42qelbruMwR0a7XIWb0iAwnedEVNBjd_1FEwMun_eI5 |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units
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Typical middle-class house in Siaya

Siaya is a town in Siaya County of Kenya. It is the capital of Siaya County. It is located 74 km (46 mi) northwest of Kisumu, the provincial capital. The urban center had a population of 33,153 in 2019.[1]

Siaya municipality has five wards: Mjini, Siaya Central, Siaya East, Siaya North and Siaya West. All of them are part of Alego Constituency. [2] With the new constitution, it is now also in Siaya County of which it is also its headquarters.

Notable individuals

References

  1. ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Registration centres by electoral area and constituency" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Kenya. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 28, 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Biografski dodaci" [Biographic appendices]. Republika: Časopis za kulturu i društvena pitanja (Izbor iz novije afričke književnosti) (in Serbo-Croatian). XXXIV (12). Zagreb, SR Croatia: 1424–1427. December 1978.

0°04′N 34°17′E / 0.067°N 34.283°E / 0.067; 34.283