Kakamega District

Kakamega District was a district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kakamega. It had a population of 603,422 people and an area of 1,395 km².[1] Kakamega was created in 1963 by the colonial government off the North Kavirondo District that existed from the 1920s.[2]

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Kakamega	Municipality	73,607	57,128
Malava	Town	46,614	1,704
Kakamega County	County	483,201	0
Total	-	603,422	58,832
* 1999 census. Source: [1]

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Ikolomani	92,104	0	Ikolomani
Ileho	32,545	0	Kambili
Kabras	149,510	1,530	Malaba
Kakamega municipality	74,115	51,770	Kakamega
Lurambi	85,863	0	Shisilu
Navakholo	65,337	0	Navakholo
Shinyalu	103,948	0	Shinyalu
Total	603,422	53,300	-
* 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3],

The district had four constituencies:

• Malava Constituency
• Lurambi Constituency
• Shinyalu Constituency
• Ikolomani Constituency

References

1. "Kenya Districts". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
2. "Kenya Gazette dated 2nd April, 1963" (PDF). Gazettes.Africa. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

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