Kogelo, Kenya

E898222
village

Kogelo, Kenya is a rural village in Siaya County best known internationally as the ancestral home of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s family.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kogelo 2

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf village ⓘ
administrativeStatus rural village ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
demographics predominantly Luo community ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 60 km from Kisumu by road ⓘ
gainedInternationalAttention after Barack Obama’s 2008 U.S. presidential campaign ⓘ
after Barack Obama’s election as President of the United States ⓘ
governingBody Siaya County Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation approximate coordinates in western Kenya ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Luo Nyanza NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity small-scale trade ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution local primary schools ⓘ
hasInfrastructure local health facilities ⓘ
primary schools ⓘ
rural roads ⓘ
hasNameVariant Nyang’oma Kogelo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Kisumu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPlaceOfBurial Barack Obama Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarah Obama NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPlaceOfWorship local churches ⓘ
hasPostalCountry KE ⓘ
hasRegion Nyang’oma Kogelo sub-location NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction Barack Obama heritage sites ⓘ
knownFor being the ancestral home of Barack Obama’s family ⓘ
being the home village of Barack Obama’s paternal relatives ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Luo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn western Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Nyanza Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siaya County NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableResident Barack Obama Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarah Obama NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siaya County NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Habiba Akumu Obama → residence → Kogelo, Kenya ⓘ
Sarah Onyango Obama → residence → Kogelo, Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kogelo
Sarah Onyango Obama → burialPlace → Kogelo, Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kogelo