Kisii may refer to:
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Kisii, Kenya
Kisii (also known as Getembe or Bosongo) is a municipality and urban centre in south-western Kenya and the capital of the Kisii County. Kisii Town also serves as major urban and commercial centre in the Gusii Highlands— Kisii and Nyamira co ...
, the inaugural capital city of Kenya
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Kisii County
Kisii County is a county in the former Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kisii. The county has a population of 1,266,860 people. It borders Nyamira County to the North East, Narok County to the South, and ...
, one of the 47 counties of Kenya
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Gucha District Gucha District was a former district in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. It was also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. In 1999, its population was approximately 461,00 Its district headquarters were at Ogembo which houses mo ...
, in Kenya, also known as ''South Kisii District''
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Nyamira District, in Kenya, also known as ''North Kisii District''
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Kisii people
The Abagusii (also known as Kisii (Mkisii/Wakisii) in Swahili, or Gusii in Ekegusii) are a highly diverse East African ethnic group and nation indigenous to Kisii (formerly Kisii District) and Nyamira counties of former Nyanza, as well as ...
, an ethnic group in Kenya, also known as ''Abagusii or Gusii people''
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Gusii language
The Gusii language (also known as Ekegusii) is a Bantu language spoken in Kisii and Nyamira counties in Nyanza Kenya, whose headquarters is Kisii Town, (between the Kavirondo Gulf of Lake Victoria and the border with Tanzania). It is spoken nat ...
, spoken by the Kisii people
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Kisii School for the Deaf Kisii School for Deaf Children is Kenya's only Deaf
Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an a ...
, the only Deaf-run school for Deaf children in Kenya
* Kisii stone, a name for
soapstone
Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in the ...
, quarried in Tabaka area of southern Kisii District
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Kisii University
Kisii University is a public university located in Kisii. It was founded in 1965 as a primary teachers’ training college on a 61-acre land that was donated by the County Council of Gusii. The college continued up to 1983 when it was upgraded t ...
, Kenya
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