{{Use British English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Mirogi | pushpin_map = Kenya | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = Location of Mirogi in Kenya | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Kenya | subdivision_type1 = County | subdivision_name1 = Homa Bay County<ref name="HomaBayProfile">{{cite report |title=Homa Bay County Integrated Development Plan 2018-2022 |publisher=Homa Bay County Government |date=2018 |url=https://www.homabay.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CIDP-2018-2022.pdf |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref> | subdivision_type2 = Constituency | subdivision_name2 = Ndhiwa<ref name="NdhiwaProfile">{{cite web |title=Ndhiwa Constituency Profile |publisher=National Government Constituencies Development Fund |url=https://ngcdf.go.ke/constituency/ndhiwa/ |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref> | subdivision_type3 = Ward | subdivision_name3 = Kanyamwa Kosewe<ref name="IEBCWards">{{cite web |title=The Report of the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission |publisher=IEBC |date=2010 |url=https://www.iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/UlwLQqJjQR.pdf |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref> | population_total = | population_as_of = | timezone = EAT | utc_offset = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|0|41|58|S|34|23|8|E|region:KE|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |title=Mirogi |publisher=Geonames.org |url=https://www.geonames.org/186608/mirogi.html |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref> | elevation_m = 1221<ref name="Elevation">{{cite web |title=Elevation of Mirogi |publisher=FloodMap.net |url=https://www.floodmap.net/elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=186608 |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref> | elevation_ft = 4006 }}
'''Mirogi''' is a settlement in Kanyamwa Kosewe ward, Ndhiwa Sub-County, in Homa Bay County, Kenya.<ref name="KWSRuma">{{cite web |title=Ruma National Park |publisher=Kenya Wildlife Service |url=https://www.kws.go.ke/content/ruma-national-park |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref> Situated in the western region of the country near the shores of Lake Victoria, it is an agricultural hub and serves as the primary gateway to Ruma National Park.<ref name="TourismReport">{{cite report |title=Homa Bay County Tourism Development Strategy |publisher=County Government of Homa Bay |date=2019 |url=https://www.homabay.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tourism-Strategy.pdf |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref>
== Geography == Mirogi lies in the Lake Victoria basin, characterized by rolling grasslands and woodland thickets.<ref name="Ecosystem">{{cite journal |last=Ojwang |first=W.O. |title=Lake Victoria Basin Wetlands |journal=Kenya Wetlands Atlas |date=2012 |url=https://www.unep.org/resources/report/kenya-wetlands-atlas |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref> The landscape includes: - Kanyamwa Escarpment (southeast) - Ruri Hills (north)<ref name="Geology">{{cite book |title=Geology of the Homa Bay Area |publisher=Geological Survey of Kenya |date=1994}}</ref> - Elevation: 1,221 m (4,006 ft)<ref name="Elevation"/> - Located on the Somali Plate within the East African Rift<ref name="Tectonics">{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=M. |title=East African Rift System |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |date=2018 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.03.004}}</ref>
Climate is tropical monsoon (''Am''), with distinct wet/dry seasons.<ref name="Climate">{{cite report |title=Homa Bay County Climate Risk Profile |publisher=CIAT |date=2017 |url=https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/80450 |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref>
== Governance == Administratively part of: - Homa Bay County<ref name="HomaBayProfile"/> - Ndhiwa Constituency<ref name="NdhiwaProfile"/> - Kanyamwa Kosewe Ward<ref name="IEBCWards"/>
== Economy == Key economic activities: - Agriculture (sugarcane, maize, cotton)<ref name="Agriculture">{{cite report |title=Homa Bay County Agricultural Sector Development Plan |publisher=County Government of Homa Bay |date=2018 |url=https://www.homabay.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Agriculture-Sector-Plan.pdf |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref> - Fishing<ref name="Fisheries">{{cite report |title=Lake Victoria Fisheries Report |publisher=LVFO |date=2022}}</ref> - Tourism (Ruma National Park)<ref name="KWSRuma"/>
== Infrastructure == === Health === - Mirogi Health Centre (Level 3 facility)<ref name="Health">{{cite web |title=Kenya Master Health Facility List |publisher=Ministry of Health |url=https://kmhfl.health.go.ke/#/facility/8475bfeb-b0e4-45c8-9ea9-5c045f792ef9 |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref>
=== Education === - Mirogi Girls Primary School - St. Joseph's Mukasa Mirogi Girls Secondary School<ref name="Schools">{{cite web |title=Ministry of Education School Registry |publisher=Ministry of Education |url=https://education.go.ke/schools/ |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref>
=== Transport === - Road C20 (tarmac) - Road D213 (murram) to Ruma National Park<ref name="Roads">{{cite report |title=Kenya Rural Roads Authority Report |publisher=KeRRA |date=2021}}</ref> - Nearest airport: Kabunde Airstrip<ref name="Airports">{{cite web |title=Kenya Airports Authority |publisher=KAA |url=https://www.kaa.go.ke/kabunde-airstrip/ |access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Populated places in Nyanza Province {{NyanzaKE-geo-stub}}