Ruka hadi maudhui
Mfangano Island – Where the Lake's Heart Beats
English
Mchoro: Gundua Mfangano, Kisiwa cha Mfangano

Gundua Mfangano

Utamaduni, historia, mazingira, matukio na yote unayoweza kufanya katika Kisiwa cha Mfangano.

Kisiwa kwa muhtasari

Ukubwa
takriban km² 65–661,2
Idadi ya watu
watu 24,123 katika kaya 6,085 (sensa ya 2019)1
Sehemu ya juu
Mlima Kwitutu, takriban mita 560 juu ya ziwa3
Utawala
Wadi ya Mfangano Island, eneobunge la Suba North, Kaunti ya Homa Bay; makao makuu ya kaunti ndogo ya visiwa yako Sena tangu 20224,5
Lugha
Dholuo, Olusuba, Kiswahili, Kiingereza6,7
Riziki
Uvuvi (sangara, omena) na kilimo2,3
Urithi
Maeneo ya michoro ya miambani kwenye Orodha ya Awali ya Urithi wa Dunia wa UNESCO (2023)8

Mada

Vyanzo

  1. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics: 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, Volume II – Distribution of Population by Administrative Units, 2020. knbs.or.ke
  2. Fiorella, K. J. et al.: "Human health alters the sustainability of fishing practices in East Africa". PNAS 114, 2017. doi.org
  3. Idris, Z. M. et al.: "High and Heterogeneous Prevalence of Asymptomatic and Sub-microscopic Malaria Infections on Islands in Lake Victoria, Kenya". Scientific Reports 6, 2016, 36958. doi.org
  4. County Government of Homa Bay: County Integrated Development Plan 2023–2027. maarifa.cog.go.ke
  5. Kenya News Agency: "New sub county created for the residents of Lake Victoria islands", 21 October 2022. kenyanews.go.ke
  6. Chung, E. O. et al.: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(14), 2019, 2510. doi.org
  7. Mhando, J. (National Museums of Kenya) for UNESCO Nairobi: Safeguarding Endangered Oral Traditions in East Africa, January 2008. ich.unesco.org
  8. UNESCO World Heritage Centre / National Museums of Kenya: "Mfangano Island Rock Art Sites", Tentative List ref. 6682, submitted 30 June 2023. whc.unesco.org

Ilikaguliwa mwisho: 13 Oktoba 2026