Vihiga County is an

administrative Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal ** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, administ ...

region in the former

Western Province Western Province or West Province may refer to: * Western Province, Cameroon *Western Province, Rwanda *Western Province (Kenya) *Western Province (Papua New Guinea) *Western Province (Solomon Islands) *Western Province, Sri Lanka *Western Provin ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...

whose headquarters are in

Mbale Mbale is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region. Location Mbale is approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capita ...

, the largest town in the county. The county has a population of 554,622 (2009 census) and an area of 563 km².statoids.com – Districts of Kenya
/ref> Formally a district, Vihiga was split from

Kakamega District Kakamega County is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya and borders Vihiga County to the South, Siaya County to the West, Bungoma and Trans Nzoia counties to the North and Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties to the East. Its capital a ...

in 1990. In 2019's census,

Vihiga Vihiga is a town in Kenya located on the eastern side of the Kakamega Forest. Geography The town is along the road between Kisumu and Kakamega, and only five kilometres north of the equator. Vihiga bears the same name as its county, Vihiga Count ...

was found to have a population of 590, 013, an increase of 35, 391 from the 2009's count.

Local authorities

Administrative divisions

Constituencies

The district has five constituencies: *

Emuhaya Constituency Emuhaya Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of five constituencies in Vihiga County, in the former Western Province. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections. The constituency was represented by Kenneth Mar ...

* Hamisi Constituency *

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* Vihiga Constituency * Luanda Constituency

Notable people

Moses Mudavadi Moses Substone Budamba Mudavadi (1923-1989) was an influential politician from Sabatia, Kenya, in the early post-independence years under former president Daniel Moi. He was the first patron of the Maragoli Cultural Festival until his death ...

Cabinet minister *

Musalia Mudavadi Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (born 21 September 1960) is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as the Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya. Until October 2022, he was also the party leader of the Amani National Congress (ANC ...

Kenya's 7th Vice President of Kenya.

References

External links

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Kenya AdminLevels 1-4
(.pdf) Counties of Kenya {{WesternKE-geo-stub