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Kuria District is an administrative 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 the 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 ....
 of 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....
. Its capital town is Kehancha (sometimes splelled as Kihancha). The district has a population of 151,887 (1999 census) and an area of 581 kmē. It is inhabited by Kuria people
Kuria (ethnic group)

The Kuria are an ethnic and linguistic group resident in the Tarime and Serengeti districts of the Mara, Tanzania region in Northern Tanzania, and the west and east districts of Nyanza Province in southwest Kenya....
.

Kuria district has been split into two in December 2007, Kuria west district with Kehancha as the district capital and Kuria East district with Kegonga as the district capital.

Kuria west covers three divisions namely Kehancha, Mabera and Masaba Divisions while Kuria West spans Kegonga and Ntimaru divisions

The two districts have only one local authority, Kehancha municipality and one electoral constituency, Kuria constituency which is represented in parliament by Dr W.G Machage.






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Kuria District is an administrative 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 the 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 ....
 of 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....
. Its capital town is Kehancha (sometimes splelled as Kihancha). The district has a population of 151,887 (1999 census) and an area of 581 kmē. It is inhabited by Kuria people
Kuria (ethnic group)

The Kuria are an ethnic and linguistic group resident in the Tarime and Serengeti districts of the Mara, Tanzania region in Northern Tanzania, and the west and east districts of Nyanza Province in southwest Kenya....
.

Kuria district has been split into two in December 2007, Kuria west district with Kehancha as the district capital and Kuria East district with Kegonga as the district capital.

Kuria west covers three divisions namely Kehancha, Mabera and Masaba Divisions while Kuria West spans Kegonga and Ntimaru divisions

The two districts have only one local authority, Kehancha municipality and one electoral constituency, Kuria constituency which is represented in parliament by Dr W.G Machage. Kuria District is divided into five administrative divisions:

Administrative divisions
 
DivisionPopulation*Urban pop.*Headquarters
Kegonga 29,093 0 Kegonga
Kehancha 8,267 8,267 Ikerege
Mabera 21,562 0 Suba Kuria
Masaba 17,553 0 Masaba
Ntimaru 23,095 100 Ntimaru
Total 151,887 8,367 -