Yala, Kenya

Yala sub county is one of the administrative units of Siaya County, western Kenya. It is located 42 kilometres northwest of Kisumu, Kenya's third largest city. In 2009, it had a population of 25,769 and Yala town had a population of 2,438.^[1]

Yala is served by a railway station and the Kisumu-Busia highway. Ndanu water treatment works, a jaggery (formerly Yala White Sugar Company) and Odera Akang'o campus, a constituent college of Maseno University are some of the institutions found in Yala.

Yala is home to one of Kenya's pioneer learning institutions, St. Mary's School, Yala which was started by the Mill hill fathers in 1927. It also hosts Maliera Boys Secondary School.^[2]

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^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Another school closed after students unrest in Nyando". Citizentv.co.ke. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

0°06′N 34°32′E / 0.100°N 34.533°E / 0.100; 34.533

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[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Another school closed after students unrest in Nyando". Citizentv.co.ke. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

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Yala, Kenya

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