Content deleted Content added
BlueTurtles (talk | contribs) |
Restore Makueni District is not the same as Makueni County Tags: Removed redirect Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Disambiguation links added |
||
Line 1:
{{Short description|Former district in Kenya}}
'''Makueni District''' was an [[districts of Kenya|administrative district]] in the [[Eastern Province (Kenya)|Eastern Province]] of [[Kenya]]. Its capital town was [[Wote]]. The district had a population of 771,545 (1999 census) and an area of 7,966 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenya Districts |url=http://www.statoids.com/yke.html |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=www.statoids.com}}</ref>
Makueni District was hived off [[Machakos District]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2015 |title=46 Districts of 1993|url=https://www.ustawi.info.ke/index.php/devolution/46-districts-of-1993 |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=Ustawi}}</ref> It was later split into four smaller districts of Makueni, Mbooni, Kibwezi and Nzaui. In the 2009 census, all the four districts had a population of 884,527.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census |url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3.sourceafrica.net/documents/21195/Census-2009.pdf |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=Amazonaws|page=104}}</ref>
In 2010, after the promulgation of the new [[constitution of Kenya]], counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya as at 1992. This effectively led to the creation of [[Makueni County]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|colspan="5"| '''Local authorities (councils)'''
|-
|colspan="5"|
|-
!Authority
!Type
!Population*
!Urban pop.*
|-
| [[Wote]] || Town || 56,419 || 5,542
|-
| [[Mtito Andei]] || Town || 24,435 || 4,304
|-
| Makueni || County|| 690,691 || 18,689
|-
| ''Total'' || - || ''771,545'' || ''28,535''
|-
|colspan="5"| {{smaller|* 1999 census. Source: [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf]}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|colspan="4"| '''Administrative divisions'''
|-
|colspan="4"|
|-
!Division
!Population*
!Urban pop.*
!Headquarters
|-
| Kaiti || 46,107 || 501 || Kilala
|-
| Kalawa || 14,039 || 0 || Kalawa
|-
| Kasikeu || 35,719 || 1,848 || Kasikeu
|-
| Kathonzweni || 65,738 || 0 || Kathonzweni
|-
| Kibwezi || 80,236 || 4,695 || [[Kibwezi]]
|-
| Kilome || 46,204 || 0 || [[Mukaa]]
|-
| Kilungu || 67,741 || 0 || [[Mukaa]]
|-
| Kisau || 50,510 || 1,905 ||
|-
| Makindu || 50,299 || 2,482 || [[Makindu]]
|-
| Matiliku || 38,867 || 0 || Matiliku
|-
| Mbitini || 48,729 || 3,266 || [[Emali]]
|-
| Mbooni || 55,984 || 1,786 || Mbooni
|-
| Mtito Andei || 66,663 || 3,966 || [[Mtito Andei]]
|-
| Tulimani || 32,717 || 0 ||
|-
| Wote || 40,353 || 4,708 || Wote
|-
| ''Total'' || ''771,545'' || ''25,157'' || -
|-
|colspan="4"| {{smaller|* 1999 census. Sources: [http://www.cck.go.ke/html/final_annex1_cover_status.pdf], [http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/html/Urban%20Poverty%20all%20Kenya%20Province%20through%20Location%20Final.xls], }}
|}
The district had five constituencies:
*[[Mbooni Constituency]]
*[[Kilome Constituency]]
*[[Kaiti Constituency]]
*[[Makueni Constituency]]
*[[Kibwezi Constituency]]
| |||