Vihiga County

Not to be confused with Vihiga.

Vihiga County
County
Coat of arms
Location in Kenya
Country	Kenya
Formed	March 4th 2013
Capital	Vihiga
Government
• Governor	Moses Akaranga
Area
• Total	531.3 km2 (205.1 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	554,622
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)
Website	vihiga.go.ke

Vihiga County is an administrative region in the former Western Province of Kenya whose headquarters is at vihiga, the largest town in the county. The county has a population of 554,622 (2009 census) and an area of 563 km². Vihiga County was split from Kakamega County in 1990.[1]

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: [2]

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: [3], [4],

Constituencies

The district has five constituencies:

• Emuhaya Constituency
• Hamisi Constituency
• Sabatia Constituency
• Vihiga Constituency
• Luanda Constituency with Chris Omulele ( ODM )as its current M.P, who garnered 9,767 votes against his closest competitor Apungu who got 6,588 votes.( March 2013 Elections).

External links

• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Kenya AdminLevels 1-4 (.pdf)