Migori District

Migori District was an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. It is located in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town was Migori. The district has a population of 514,897 and an area of 2,005 km2.[1]

In 1992, the district was created after South Nyanza District was split to create an additional district of Migori. The remaining South Nyanza District was later renamed to Homa Bay.[2][3] Along with the nationwide creation of new districts in 2007, Migori District has been split into two districts: Rongo (North) and Migori (South) districts. The headquarters of Migori District remain in Migori, but those of Rongo District moved to Rongo town. The split occurred between Suba and Uriri Division. However, in 2009 the new districts were declared unlawful.

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 Migori County.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
MigoriMunicipality46,57631,644
AwendoTown93,38713,760
RongoTown64,5286,175
Migori CountyCounty310,4064,331
Total-514,89755,910
* 1999 census. Source:
Administrative divisions
Division Population* Urban
population*		 Population
density		 Headquarters
Awendo90,15313,509352Awendo
Karungu27,9013,322201Karungu
Muhuru16,8820386
Nyatike65,5020133
Rongo79,8172,918376Rongo
Suba East91,54829,825451Migori
Suba West52,8760191
Uriri90,2180237Uriri
Total514,89749,574257 (average)-
* 1999 census. Sources: , ,

The district had four constituencies :

References
  1. "Kenya Districts". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  2. "Kenya Gazette dated 2nd April, 1963" (PDF). Gazettes.Africa. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. "46 Districts of 1993". Ustawi. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

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