Siaya District
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Siaya District is one of the 12 districts that comprise Kenyan Nyanza Province. It is bordered by Busia District to the North, Vihiga and Butere/Mumias Districts to the North-East, Bondo District to the South, and Kisumu District to the South-East. The total area of the district is approximately 1520 km². The District lies between latitude 0° 26’ to 0° 18’ north and longitude 33° 58’ east and 34° 33’ west.
Siaya District is divided into seven administrative divisions: Yala, Wagai, Karemo, Ugunja, Boro, Uranga, and Ukwala. The largest division is Ukwala with an area of 319 km², followed by Karemo with an area of 235.1 km², while Boro is the smallest division with a total area of 180.1 km². Click here to see a map of the district.
There are five local authorities in the district with a total of 56 electoral wards distributed as follows: Siaya County Council (29 wards), Siaya Municipal Council (7 wards), Ugunja Town Council (7 wards), Ukwala Town Council (7 wards), and Yala Town Council (6 wards).
The district has three constituencies: Ugenya, Alego Usonga and Gem.
The projected population in the year 2002 showed 493,326 people in Siaya District, with 226,682 males and 266,644 females.
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