Nyamira County

Nyamira County
Population (state) - population density	605,576 inh. (2019) 664 inh / km²
surface	912.5 km²
Coordinates	0 ° 45 ′  S , 35 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 45 ′  S , 35 ° 0 ′  E
ISO 3166-2	KE-34

Nyamira County (until 2010 Nyamira District ) is a county in Kenya . The county capital is Nyamira . 2019 lived in the county 605,576 people on 912.5  km² . 67% of the people in Nyamira County were below the poverty line in 2005.

structure

Nyamira County is divided into seven divisions: Nyamira, Nyamaiya, Nyamusi, Borabu, Ekerenyo, Rigoma and Manga. Nyamira County is divided into three electoral wards: Kitutu Masaba, West Mugirango, and North Mugirango Borabu. Under the Constitution of 2010 , the Borabu, Manga and Nyamira districts were merged under the new name Nyamira County .

education

The county has 339 primary schools and 58 secondary schools . 15% of boys and 20% of girls do not finish primary school; in secondary school, 20% of pupils drop out of school prematurely.

Healthcare

Two hospitals and 21 health centers are available to the population. There are 65,000 patients for every doctor, and an average of 65% of hospital beds are occupied by HIV- positive or AIDS- infected people. In addition to the immunodeficiency disease, malaria , respiratory diseases and pneumonia as well as skin diseases are mainly treated. The infant mortality rate was 8% in 2005, 10.5% of the children died before their 5th birthday.

Personalities

• Robert Ouko (1948–2019), Kenyan track and field athlete, Olympic champion (Munich 1972, 4 x 400 meter relay).

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} Nyamira District Strategic Plan 2005–2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf), p. 15; Retrieved November 22, 2010.  
3. ^ County Data Sheet - Nyamira. (No longer available online.) Opendata.go.ke, archived from the original on March 23, 2013 ; accessed on March 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Nyamira District Strategic Plan 2005–2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf), p. 14; Retrieved November 22, 2010.  

Web links

Commons : Nyamira County  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files