Bungoma District was a district in the former Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Bungoma. It had an area of 2,069 km2.statoids.com – Districts of Kenya
In 1956, Elgon Nyanza District was split from North Nyanza District. The new district was headquartered at Bungoma. In 1963, the district was split into two districts: Bungoma and Busia, all within Western Province.
By 2005, Bungoma District was completely nonexistent after it had been divided into smaller districts, namely; Mt. Elgon, Bungoma East, Bungoma North, Bungoma South, and Bungoma West. All with a total population of 1,375,063.
In 2010, after the promulgation of the new constitution of Kenya, counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya as at 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Bungoma County.
Administration Local authorities (councils) Authority Type Population*Urban pop.* Bungoma Municipality 60,650 44,196 Kimilili Municipality 71,299 10,261 Webuye Municipality 48,806 19,606 Malakisi Town 38,004 3,762 Sirisia Town 22,703 822 Bungoma County County 635,029 10,852 Total - 876,491 89,499
Administrative divisions Division Population*Urban pop.*Headquarters Bumula 129,011 0 Central 60,605 0 Chwele 41,174 2,677 Chwele Kanduyi 163,568 38,407 Bungoma Kimilili 96,674 9,631 Kimilili Malakisi 36,042 3,341 Malakisi Ndivisi 57,336 1,905 Sirisia 44,088 769 Sirisia Tongaren 133,296 5,313 Webuye 114,697 18,257 Webuye Total 876,491 79,490
The district had five constituencies: Kimilili Constituency Webuye Constituency Sirisia Constituency Kanduyi Constituency Bumula Constituency
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