Kuria District

Kuria District

Kuria District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kehancha (sometimes splelled as "Kihancha"). The district has a population of 151,887 (1999 census) and an area of 581 km². It is inhabitated by Kuria people.

Kuria district has been split into two in December 2007, Kuria west district with Kehancha as the district capital and Kuria East district with Kegonga as the district capital.

Kuria west covers three divisions namely Kehancha, Mabera and Masaba Divisions while Kuria West spans Kegonga and Ntimaru divisions

The two districts have only one local authority, Kehancha municipality and one electoral constituency, Kuria constituency which is represented in parliament by Dr W.G Machage. Kuria District is divided into five administrative divisions:


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