All Topics  
Gucha District

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Gucha District
 
 
  Topics Gucha District Topic Home

Gucha District is a district
Districts of Kenya

The Provinces of Kenya of Kenya are subdivided into 71 districts . The districts and the capital of each of them are given below as per beginning of 2005....
 in Nyanza Province
Nyanza Province

Nyanza Province of Kenya, on Lake Victoria, is one of Provinces of Kenya outside Nairobi; it is in the southwest corner of Kenya. Nyanza includes part of the eastern edge of Lake Victoria and is inhabited predominantly by the Luo ....
, western Kenya
Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. Its population is approximately 461,000 (as of 1999) . Its district headquarters are at Ogembo
Ogembo

Ogembo is a town, capital of the Gucha District of Nyanza Province, Kenya....
 which houses more than a thousand residents, (people who live in the center of the town), with more than one thousand people more that visit it each day. Agriculture is the main industry.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Gucha District'
Start a new discussion about 'Gucha District'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Gucha District is a district
Districts of Kenya

The Provinces of Kenya of Kenya are subdivided into 71 districts . The districts and the capital of each of them are given below as per beginning of 2005....
 in Nyanza Province
Nyanza Province

Nyanza Province of Kenya, on Lake Victoria, is one of Provinces of Kenya outside Nairobi; it is in the southwest corner of Kenya. Nyanza includes part of the eastern edge of Lake Victoria and is inhabited predominantly by the Luo ....
, western Kenya
Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. Its population is approximately 461,000 (as of 1999) . Its district headquarters are at Ogembo
Ogembo

Ogembo is a town, capital of the Gucha District of Nyanza Province, Kenya....
 which houses more than a thousand residents, (people who live in the center of the town), with more than one thousand people more that visit it each day. Agriculture is the main industry. Apart from numerous small family plantations, there are large sugar cane fields. The population is mostly Gusii, but the district borders masai land at southeast. There has been some ethnic clashes between them.

The district has three constituencies: South Mugirango
South Mugirango Constituency

South Mugirango is an Constituencies of Kenya in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies in Gucha District. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections....
, Bomachoge and Bobasi. At the 2002 General elections all three seats were won by FORD-People
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People

The Forum for the Restoration of Democracy?People is a political party in Kenya.At the last legislative elections in Kenya, 27 December 2002, the party won 14 out of 212 elected seats....
.

Local authorities (councils)
 
AuthorityTypePopulation*Urban pop.*
Ogembo
Ogembo

Ogembo is a town, capital of the Gucha District of Nyanza Province, Kenya....
 		 Town 48,725 1,654
Nyamarambe Town 40,232 212
Nyamache Town 38,924 2,205
Tabaka Town 26,325 5,067
Gucha County 306,733 1,946
Total - 460,939 11,084


Administrative divisions
 
DivisionPopulation*Urban pop.*Headquarters
Etago 59,652 0  
Kenyenya 92,641 1,857  
Nyacheki 56,998 405  
Nyamache 54,722 1,702  
Nyamarambe 67,060 3,850  
Ogembo 78,827 1,465 Ogembo
Ogembo

Ogembo is a town, capital of the Gucha District of Nyanza Province, Kenya....
Sameta 51,039 0  
Total 460,939 9,279 -


External links


Languages

  • English- Ekegusii translation