Nyando District

Nyando district is a fairly new district in Kenya which broke away from Kisumu District in Nyanza Province in 1998. Nyando district borders the Rift Valley Province. The district is named after the Nyando River.

Its capital is in a small town called Awasi, located 30 kilometres east of the provincial capital Kisumu (in Kisumu District). Other towns and villages in the district include Muhoroni, Chemelil, Ahero, Miwani, Koru, Kibigori, and Fort Ternan.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Muhoroni	Town	31,148	13,664
Ahero	Town	61,556	7,891
Nyando	County	207,226	10,055
Total	-	299,930	31,610
* 1999 census. Source: [1]

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Lower Nyakach	49,247	1,967
Miwani	58,029	0	Miwani
Muhoroni	63,450	19,790	Muhoroni
Nyando (Awasi)	64,511	7,554	Awasi
Upper Nyakach	64,693	4563
Total	299,930	29,586	-
* 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3],

The district has three electoral constituencies:

• Muhoroni Constituency
• Nyakach Constituency
• Nyando Constituency

External links

• Map of Kisumu District (before Nyando District was created)

Coordinates: 0°17′S 35°07′E / 0.283°S 35.117°E / -0.283; 35.117