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Located on the headland overlooking Karungu Bay, the village was originally expected to grow into a bustling port. A stone pier was built in the late 1800s and a customs house, but the project failed due to endemic malaria. The nearby village of
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eventually surpassed Karungu and became the market town. Nevertheless, Karungu had already given its name to the bay and the administrative division.
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attempted to drive them off but was not successful until joined by the
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In World War I, in September 1914, the Germans, from
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Karungu is located in Kenya
00°50′47″S 34°09′17″E / 0.84639°S 34.15472°E / -0.84639; 34.15472
County
Migori County
Division
Time zone
UTC+3
EAT
Lake Victoria
Migori County
Sori
German East Africa
Kisi
Shirati
Karungu (Approved)
GEOnet Names Server
United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Karunga (Variant)
GEOnet Names Server
United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Treves, Frederick
170–172
OCLC
33285047
588
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Nyanza Province
stub
expanding it

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