Busia County

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Busia County
Population (state)
- population density 		893,681 inh. (2019)
549 inh / km²
surface 1,628.4 km²
Coordinates 0 ° 26 '  N , 34 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 0 ° 26 '  N , 34 ° 15'  E
ISO 3166-2 KE-04
Busia County in Kenya.svg

Busia County (until 2010 Busia District ) is a county in Kenya . The capital of the county is Busia . Busia borders the district of the same name in Uganda and Lake Victoria . In the south of the county are the Yala Bog and the Samia Hills. Mainly corn, coffee and sugar cane are grown in Busia. On the shores of Lake Victoria, the people make a living from fishing.

structure

Busia County is divided into six divisions. There are five constituencies, Budalangi, Amagoro, Nambale, Butula, and Funyula. Under the Constitution of 2010 , the districts of Bunyala, Busia, Samia, Teso North and Teso South were united under the new name Busia County .

Divisions
division Population (1999) Capital
Budalangi 053,356
Butula 095,489 Butula
Funyula 073,875 Funyula
Matayos 056,186 Matayos
Nambale 067,544 Nambale
Township 025,158 Busia
total 370.608 -

Infrastructure

There were six hospitals in the county in 2009, with a total of 468 beds. The Bungoma diocese of the Catholic Church maintains several primary schools , nursing schools and a nursing home in Busia . There is a children's home in Funyala and a school for the handicapped in Butula. In 2007 there were 27 secondary schools in the county with a total of over 5700 students.

religion

Busia County is part of the Bungoma Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to the Catholic parishes, there are Methodist parishes in Butula, Funyula and Port Victoria .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ http://www.kenyafoodsecurity.org/images/stories/files/dps/western/busia.pdf Genealogie, Dead Link | url = http: //www.kenyafoodsecurity.org/images/stories/files/dps/western /busia.pdf | date = 2018-12 | archivebot = 2018-12-04 22:05:46 InternetArchiveBot}} (link not available)
  3. ^ African Medical and Research Foundation : The Busia Child Survival Project (pdf; 540 kB), Annual Report 2007, accessed on March 7, 2010.
  4. ^ County Data Sheet - Busia. (No longer available online.) Opendata.go.ke, archived from the original on March 23, 2013 ; accessed on March 3, 2013 .
  5. ^ National Hospital Insurance Fund ( Memento March 10, 2010 on the Internet Archive ), accessed March 7, 2010.
  6. ^ Diocese of Bungoma ( Memento of August 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the Catholic Church in Kenya
  7. ↑ Stephen O. Odebero, Anthony K. Sang, Joseph N. Bosire and Lucas A. Othuon Equity in the distribution of bursary to secondary school students in Busia district, Kenya (PDF; 1.3 MB), accessed on March 7, 2010 .
  8. ↑ United Methodist Church Kenya ( February 25, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed August 24, 2012.

Web links

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