- Gucha District
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Gucha District is a district in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. Its population is approximately 461,000 (as of 1999) [1]. Its district headquarters are at Ogembo 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, Bomachoge and Bobasi. At the 2002 General elections all three seats were won by FORD-People.
Local authorities (councils) Authority Type Population* Urban pop.* Ogembo 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 * 1999 census. Source: [2] Administrative divisions Division Population* 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 Sameta 51,039 0 Total 460,939 9,279 - * 1999 census. Sources: [3], [4], External links
- Languages
- Kisii Language - Kisii English- Ekegusii translation
Categories:- Gucha District
- Districts of Kenya
- Nyanza Province, Kenya geography stubs
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