Vihiga
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Vihiga | |
|---|---|
  Vihiga Location of Vihiga | |
| Coordinates: 00°03′00″N 34°43′30″E / 0.05000°N 34.72500°E | |
| Country |  Kenya |
| County | Vihiga County |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 118,696[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Vihiga is a town in Kenya located on the eastern side of the Kakamega Forest.
The town is located along the Kisumu-Kakamega highway, five kilometres north of the equator. Vihiga bears the same name as its county, Vihiga County. Vihiga municipality had a population of 118,696[1] according to the 2009 census and 95,292 in the 2019 census, a decrease of 23,404, 11%.[2]
Vihiga municipality has six wards; two of them (Central Maragoli and Wamuluma) belong to Vihiga Constituency while the remaining four wards (Chavakali, Izawa, Lyaduywa and North Maragoli) are part of the Sabatia Constituency. In the 2002 general elections, all six civic seats were won by the National Rainbow Coalition.
