Port Victoria is a small town in Western Kenya, located in the southern parts of Western province on the shores of
Lake Victoria in
Busia County
Busia is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. It borders Kakamega County to the east, Bungoma County to the north, Lake Victoria and Siaya County to the south and Busia District, Uganda to the west. The county has about 893,000 pe ...
just at the Kenya-Uganda border. Fishing is the main economic activity of the people in Port Victoria.
The town has a population of 12,194 people and is located at an altitude of about 1,149m.
Port Victoria is approximately 50 km away from Busia town, 90 km from Kisumu city and 352 km from
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
, the capital city of Kenya.
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Populated places in Busia County