Bungoma County

Bungoma County
Population (state) - population density	1,670,570 inh. (2019) 757 inh / km²
surface	2,206.9 km²
Coordinates	0 ° 35 ′  N , 34 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 35 ′  N , 34 ° 35 ′  E
ISO 3166-2	KE-03

Bungoma County (until 2010 Bungoma District ) is a county in Kenya . The county's capital is Bungoma . The county has 1,670,570 inhabitants (2019) and an area of ​​2206.9 km². The main industry is agriculture, the focus is on the cultivation of sugar cane and corn . 3.1% of households are connected to the electricity supply.

The county belongs to the Bungoma diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .

structure

County Bungoma is divided into six constituencies: Mount Elgon, Kimilili, Webuye, Sirisia, Kanduyi and Bumula. Under the 2010 Constitution , the districts of Bungoma North, Bungoma East, Bungoma West, Bungoma South and Mount Elgon were merged under the new name Bungoma County .

Councils
Seat of the authority	Type	Population (1999)
Bungoma	local community	060,650
Kimilili	local community	071,299
Webuye	local community	048,806
Malakisi	city	038.004
Sirisia	city	022,703
Bungoma County	county	635.029
total	-	876.491

Divisions
division	Population (1999)	Capital
Bumula	129.011
Central	060,605
Chwele	041,174	Chwele
Kanduyi	163,568	Bungoma
Kimilili	096,674	Kimilili
Malakisi	036,042	Malakisi
Ndivisi	057,336
Sirisia	044,088	Sirisia
Tongaren	133.296
Webuye	114,697	Webuye
total	876.491	-

Sons and Daughters of Bungoma County

• Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo (* 1984), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Solomon Busendich (also: Bushendich, * 1984), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Mukhisa Kituyi (* 1956), Kenyan politician and UN official

Web links

Commons : Bungoma County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Home - The County Government of Bungoma. Our Heritage, Our Wealth. In: bungoma.go.ke. November 20, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 . 
2. ↑ statoids.com , accessed on February 6, 2010.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics on cck.go.ke ( memento from March 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 6, 2010.
4. ^ Diocese of Bungoma ( Memento of August 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the Catholic Church in Kenya.
5. ^ County Data Sheet - Bungoma. (No longer available online.) Opendata.go.ke, archived from the original on March 23, 2013 ; accessed on March 3, 2013 .