Nyando District
| Nyando District
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| Inhabitants • Population density |
299,930 inhabitants 257 inhabitants / km² |
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| surface | 1168 km² | ||
| Coordinates | 0 ° 15 ′ S , 35 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Former province | Nyanza | ||
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Nyando District was a district in Nyanza Province in Kenya . The district capital was Awasi . The Nyando District was divided into five divisions: Lower Nyakach, Miwani, Muhoroni, Nyando and Upper Nyakach. Until 1998 the area belonged to the Kisumu District . The capital Awasi was 30 km east of Kisumu . In 2005, 61% of the population lived below the poverty line. As part of the 2010 constitution , the Kenyan districts were dissolved. The area is now part of Kisumu County .
geography
The district was at an altitude between 1,100 and 1,800 meters above sea level and was topographically divided into three land formations: the Nandi Hills , Kano Plains and the Nyabondo Plateau. Nyando had only one forest, the 3.2 km² Koguta Forest. The district had an 11 km long coastline on Lake Victoria in the southwest . In terms of the nature of the soil and the climatic conditions, the Nyando District was suitable for growing sugar cane , cotton and rice , and there were also good conditions for dairy farms. There were two major rivers in the district, the Nyando and the Sondu Miriu. The Nyando flows from the Nandi Hills to Lake Victoria. The Sondu Miriu Hydro Electric Power Project , a hydroelectric power plant with 60 megawatts of power, was completed on Sondu Miriu in October 2007 . The cost was 33 million dollars .
Infrastructure
The road network in the Nyando District was poorly developed, over 70% of the roads were unpaved dirt roads. 90% of households covered their daily energy needs with wood and coal, electricity was only available in a few trading centers. The Nyando District had only one financial institution.
economy
60% of the population were employed in agriculture. Mainly corn , cassava , sweet potatoes , millet , sugar cane , rice , cotton and coffee beans were grown. Livestock farming concentrated on zebus , but domestic goats , domestic sheep and poultry were also bred. The emphasis in the industrial sector was on the sugar factories and some rice mills. Fishing was carried out on Lake Victoria and the Nyando and Sondu Miriu rivers. The unemployment rate in 1999 was 11%.
Healthcare
In 2003 there were 36 health care facilities in Nyando District. Child mortality was high, with 21.2% of children dying before their 5th birthday in 1999. This gave the Nyando District the second highest child mortality rate in Kenya. The average life expectancy was 49 years.
Archaeological finds
In 1961, near Fort Ternan , Louis Leakey discovered fossils of Kenyapithecus wickeri , a species of human from the Miocene . Leakey also found bones from a species of mouse that was later examined by René Lavocat and named Leakeymys .
Individual evidence
- ↑ statoids.com , accessed on November 23, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d e Issafrica.org: Food security under threat in Kenya - ISS Africa. In: issafrica.org. June 18, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Sondu Miriu Hydro Electric Power Project ( Memento of 31 July 2011 at the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of H Young & Co (EA) Ltd., accessed on 25 November of 2010.
- ↑ Fossil Rodents from Fort Ternan, Kenya (pdf), article on nature.com, accessed on November 23, 2010.