Vihiga District

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Vihiga District is an administrative district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Mbale, which is located in Vihiga Division. The district has a population of 498,883 (1999 census) and an area of 563 sq km [1]. Vihiga District was split from Kakamega District in 1990 [2].

[edit] Local authorities

Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Vihiga	Municipality	98,189	19,067
Luanda	Town	68,157	8,757
Vihiga county	County	332,537	0
* 1999 census. Source: [3]

[edit] Administrative divisions

Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Emuhaya	69,250	0
Luanda	92,462	8.016	Luanda
Sabatia	117,863	10.135
Tiriki East	59,943	0
Tiriki West	76,370	0
Vihiga	82,995	6.881	Vihiga
* 1999 census. Sources: [4], [5],

[edit] Constituencies

The district has four constituencies:

• Emuhaya
• Hamisi
• Sabatia
• Vihiga