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Kakamega

First-level unit, Kenya: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Map All 47 first-level units
Page GRX-KEN-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO KEN / KEStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
2,099,175
people (GHSL 2025)
3,002 km²
area
3.7%
of Kenya
12
units inside

01Map

Inside Kakamega

The 12 ADM2 units of Kakamega.

FIG 1 · 12 units inside Kakamega
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

2,099,175

3.7% of Kenya.

People · WorldPop 2025

1,965,801

-6% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

क्षेत्र

3,002 km²

699 people per km².

कोड

KE-11

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

03Humanitarian data

Kakamega in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2019-12-31

1,867,539

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Poverty headcount · 2022-12-31

24%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

Rainfall · 2026-10-10

97%

of the long-term average, latest dekad. WFP – World Food Programme · Creative Commons Attribution International (CC BY).

04Units

12 units inside Kakamega

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Public Domain · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)

Unit कोड People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Butere – 131,155 122,901 209.87 625 6.4% 0
Ikolomani – 112,757 75,073 144.23 782 5.5% 0
Khwisero – 134,633 133,926 144.99 929 6.5% 0
Likuyani – 136,270 161,825 302.5 450 6.6% 0
Lugari – 204,225 181,814 368.93 554 9.9% 0
Lurambi – 274,830 203,995 162.18 1,695 13.3% 0
Malava – 278,242 317,732 424.97 655 13.5% 0
Matungu – 181,333 190,647 279.49 649 8.8% 0
Mumias East – 127,938 98,577 175.97 727 6.2% 0
Mumias West – 141,163 122,478 138.91 1,016 6.8% 0
Navakholo – 151,348 135,779 258.4 586 7.3% 0
Shinyalu – 187,466 179,409 410.28 457 9.1% 0
05संपर्कात येणे

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Railways
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
06जोखीम

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Kakamega publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Kenya.
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07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08स्रोत

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen KEN ADM1, source: RCMRD GeoPortal, Africa GeoPortal, licence: Public Domain · source · represents 2020
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen KEN ADM2, source: IEBC, OCHA ROSEA, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2020
ADM3 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen KEN ADM3, source: Benedict Aboki Omare and George Omare, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2020
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
देश
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.

स्थिती

The methodology, structure and definitions of The Global Risks Index are a preparatory working draft (2026), circulated for review and comment and not for implementation. No value appears until an edition is released from a governed evidence cut; values then carry intervals, classes, sources and their correction pathway. Simulators run the published methods on numbers you choose and never show a NXS-GRX value.

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What NXS-GRX is not

NXS-GRX is research and risk-analytics information. It is not a credit or ESG rating and uses no rating scale, not a benchmark for financial instruments, not official statistics, not an emergency warning or official classification, and not advice. It must not be used to evaluate natural persons. Risk classes are bands on a published scale, never rankings of countries or people.

Pulse signals and outlook probabilities are information for review by competent authorities, never public warnings; official warnings come only from mandated authorities.

Institutions and sources

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Avis en français

La méthodologie et les définitions du NXS-GRX sont un projet de travail préparatoire (2026). Le NXS-GRX est une information de recherche et d’analyse des risques : ni notation, ni indice de référence financier, ni statistique officielle, ni alerte, ni conseil. Les classes de risque sont des bandes sur une échelle publiée, non des classements.