Voi 3171388 226112455 2008-07-16T21:39:54Z Vanonen 5023983 [[Image:KE-Voi.png|right|150px|Location of Voi in Kenya]] '''Voi''' is a [[market town]] in southern [[Kenya]], lying on the edge of the [[Tsavo National Park]]. It lies at the junction of the [[railway line]]s from [[Nairobi]] to [[Mombasa]] and [[Taveta, Kenya|Taveta]]. Also the [[Voi Sisal Estate]]s are located near the town. Voi is located in the [[Taita-Taveta District]], Coast Province. == History == According to local history the name of town comes from a slave trader called Chief Kivoi who settled near the Voi river about 400 hundred years ago. There after the town grew as a trade post between the local Taita people, other Kenyan tribes and Arabs. The town started to grow at the end of the 19th century when the Kenya-Uganda railway was constructed. People started to move in to work on the railway and the near by [[Voi Sisal Estate | sisal estates]]. <ref name="hurskainen2005">Hurskainen, P: Change Detection of Informal Settlements Using Multi-Temporal Aerial Photographs – the Case of Voi, Kenya (September 2005)</ref> ==In Fiction== Voi is the location for 3 levels of the video game [[Halo 3]]. It takes place during the Covenant invasion of Earth and an attempt to activate a massive artifact found near the city. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Kenya-geo-stub}} {{First and second-level administrative divisions of Kenya}} {{coor title dm|3|23|S|38|34|E|region:KE_type:city}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Coast Province]] [[de:Voi]] [[sw:Voi]] [[nl:Voi]] [[ro:Voi]] [[sv:Voi]]