Click on the map above to explore a district, or read further for a general description of Nyanza Province. Nyanza is the swahili word for Lake. This province is so named because this is where the largest fresh water lake in Africa, Lake Victoria, is located.
Western Province is located in the west of Kenya, surrounding the magestic Lake Victoria.
This lake is shared by the three East African countries namely Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It is also the world s second largest freshwater lake and it is the main source of the river Nile. The largest activity around this lake is fishing. Fishermen go out on the lake in wooden boats and hand woven nets with which they use to catch the fish. Apart from fishing, the other industry that is found here is boat building.