Migori District was an

administrative district Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

in the

Nyanza Province Nyanza Province (; sw, Mkoa wa Nyanza) was one of Kenya's Provinces of Kenya, eight administrative provinces before the formation of the Counties of Kenya, 47 counties under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 constitution. Six counties were organis ...

of Kenya. It is located in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town was

Migori Luo people, Migori also known as Suna-Migori is a multi-ethnic municipal town which acts as the capital of Migori County, Kenya. The town is located 63 kilometers south of Kisii, Kenya, Kisii town and 22 km north of the Tanzanian borde ...

. The district has a population of 514,897 and an area of 2,005 km². 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 Homa Bay is a town (and eponymous bay) on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in western Kenya. It lies near Mount Homa (in the Luo language ''Got Marahuma'' or ''God Uma'' famous mountain" and Ruma National Park, the latter noted ...

. 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 The Constitution of Kenya is the supreme lawof the Republic of Kenya. There have been three significant versions of the constitution, with the most recent redraft being enabled in 2010. The 2010 edition replaced the 1963 independence constitu ...

, counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya as at 1992. This effectively led to the creation of

Migori County Migori County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of southwestern Kenya. It is located in Southwestern Kenya and borders Homa Bay County (North), Kisii County (North E), Narok (South East), Tanzania (West and South) and Lake Victoria to th ...

. The district had four constituencie

*

Migori Constituency Migori was an electoral constituency in Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates ...

* Nyatike Constituency *

Rongo Constituency Rongo is an Constituencies of Kenya, electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of eight constituencies of Migori County. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. Members of Parliament Wards References

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* Uriri Constituency

References

External links

Map of Migori and Suba districts
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