Migingo Island

Migingo Island
Geography
LocationLake Victoria
Coordinates0°52′58″S 33°56′17″E / 0.88278°S 33.93806°E / -0.88278; 33.93806
Total islands1
Area2,000[1] m2 (22,000 sq ft)
Highest elevation15 m (49 ft)[2]
Kenya
Demographics
Population131[1] (2009)
Pop. density65,500/km2 (169600/sq mi)

Migingo is a 2,000-square-metre (0.49-acre; 0.20-hectare) island in Kenya on Lake Victoria.[3] The island was the center of a low-level territorial dispute between Kenya and Uganda and is extremely densely populated.[1] Migingo is a main source of fish to the Kenyan people.

  1. ^ a b c Frauenfelder, Mark (31 October 2016). "Migingo Island - Population density: 169,500/sq mi". Boing Boing. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ Shane Williams. "Big trouble on small island". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  3. ^ Gettleman, Jeffrey (17 August 2009). "Ripples of Dispute Surround Tiny Island Along Watery Border in East Africa". The New York Times. p. A4.