Homa Bay County

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Homa Bay County
Population (state)
- population density 		1,131,950 inh. (2019)
359 inh / km²
surface 3,154.7 km²
Coordinates 0 ° 35 ′  S , 34 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 35 ′  S , 34 ° 25 ′  E
ISO 3166-2 KE-08
Homa Bay County in Kenya.svg

Homa Bay County (until 2010 Homa Bay District ) is a county in Kenya . The county's capital is Homa Bay . In 2019, 1,131,950 people lived on 3,154.7 km² in the county. 2.7% of households are connected to the electricity grid. The county borders on Lake Victoria . The Ruma National Park is located in the district .

structure

Homa Bay County is divided into two councils and five divisions. There are two constituencies called Ndhiwa and Rangwe.

Councils
Seat of the authority Art Population (1999)
Homa Bay Borough 55,532
Homa Bay County county 233.008
total - 288,540
Divisions
division Population (1999) Capital
Asego 76,778 Homa Bay
Ndhiwa 43,231
Nyarongi 41,300
Rangwe 79.263 Rangwe
Riana 47,968
total 288,540 -

religion

Homa Bay County is the seat of the Homa Bay Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church . The Diocese of Homa Bay was established in 1993. Philip Anyolo was last bishop of the diocese until 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Statistics on cck.go.ke (PDF) ( Memento from May 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Entry on Homa Bay County at catholic-hierarchy.org

Web links

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