Kisumu District was an administrative district of Nyanza Province in western Kenya . Its headquarters was Kisumu . It had a population of 504,359 (as of 1999) and a land area of 919 km². The main industries were subsistence agriculture and fishery on Lake Victoria . Kisumu Town was the main commercial centre in western Kenya. The district was created after Central Nyanza District, renamed from Central Kavirondo District, was in 1968, split into Kisumu and Siaya districts. Kisumu district was split up further. In 2013, Kisumu County was officially effected; all districts that were carved out of Kisumu District after 1992 were reconsolidated into the county.
4-426: Kisumu District had two local authorities (1999 census [1] ): The district had three constituencies: 0°15′S 34°55′E / 0.250°S 34.917°E / -0.250; 34.917 This Nyanza Province location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nyanza Province Nyanza Province ( Kenyan English : [ˈɲaːnzə] ; Swahili : Mkoa wa Nyanza )
8-506: The Kuria, and some Luhya , living in the province. The province derives its name from Nyanza, a Bantu word which means a large mass of water. The provincial capital was Kisumu , the third-largest city in Kenya. The province had a population of 4,392,196 at the 1999 census within an area of 16.162 km , or 12.613 km of land. The climate is tropical humid . The following counties make up
12-547: The area of the former Nyanza province: Several new districts were created in 2007 in Kenya, some of which were in Nyanza Province: The predominant language in Nyanza is Dholuo , a Nilotic language and Ekegusii (Bantu Languages) whose origins are from South Sudan . It is spoken by the ethnic Luo . Other languages include Luhya , Kuria , Suba and the national languages of English and Swahili . Other languages from
16-486: Was one of Kenya 's eight administrative provinces before the formation of the 47 counties under the 2010 constitution . Six counties were organised in the area of the former province. The region is located in the southwestern part of Kenya around Lake Victoria . It includes part of the eastern edge of the lake and is inhabited predominantly by the Luo people and Kisii people . There are also Bantu-speaking tribes, such as
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