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The provinces of Kenya

 

Kenya comprises eight provinces, the provinces are divided into districts and the districts are divided into locations and sub locations. The city of Nairobi has the status of the administrative province.



Central Province

It covers the area around Nyeri on south-west of the Mount Kenya with an area of 13,191 square kilometers, with the capital Nyeri, has 12 districts and is one of the biggest producers and exporters of coffee.

History

Most of the communities that inhabit the Central Province is made up of the ethnic groups Agikuyu, Aembu and Meru. It is believed that part of eastern Bantu migrated to the region in the seventeenth century. During the white colonization of Kenya, most of the province was seen as part of the ''White Highlands'' and for the exclusive use by the community of settlers. This has been the subject of political activity of the local community who believed that they have an ancestral right to the land. Culminated in the'50s with the Mau Mau rebellion which saw the region under a state of emergency and the arrest of many political leaders.   more ...

Coast Province

  Along the Indian Ocean with an area of 83,603 square kilometers and the capital to Mombasa, has 13 districts and has tourist centers on the beaches with white sand.

History

  Due to its geographical position, was invaded by Portuguese, lived naval battles with Oman and the Arabs and knew the slave trade. One of his town, Malindi, is famous for having received the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama in 1498.   more ...

Eastern Provine

  Bordered to the north with Ethiopia, at east and south with the North-Eastern Province and Coast Province and at west with the Central Province, Nairobi Province and Rift Valley Province, with an area of 159,891 square kilometers, and the capital at Embu, has 26 districts. It is mainly inhabited by the Kamba and other pastoral communities.  more ...

Nairobi Province

It coincides with the city of Nairobi and has 3 districts, entirely urban.

History

  The area of Nairobi was an uninhabited swamp until the beginning of the twentieth century when it was built here a supply depot for the Uganda Railway. Over the past 100 years the area has been considerably enlarged and today on the city of Nairobi are headquarters for various companies and international organizations, becoming one of the most influential cities in Africa.   more ...

North Eastern Province

Bordered on the east with Somalia, on the north with Ethiopia, on the south with the Coast Province and on the west with the Eastern Province, with an area of 126,902 square kilometers, and the capital at Garissa, has 10 districts. It has large refuge camps, most of the refugees are coming from Somalia.  more ...

Nyanza Province

Bordered to the north with the Western Province, to the east with the Rift Valley Province, to the south with Tanzania and to the west includes a part of Victoria Lake, with an area of 16,162 square kilometers, and the capital to Kisumu, has 18 districts . The name derives from Sukuma, a tribe of Tanzania who live on Victoria Lake and for them Nyanza means large mass of water.  more ...

Rift Valley Province

  It borders to the north with Sudan, on the east with the Eastern Province, Central Province and the Nairobi Province, on the south with Tanzania and on the west with Uganda, with an area of 173,854 square kilometers, and the capital to Nakuru, it has 36 districts. As tourism attraction it has the Elgeyo escarpment and the Masai Mara Reserve .  more ...

Western Province

It borders to the north and to the east with the Rift Valley Province, an the south with the Nyanza Province and on the west with Uganda, with an area of 8,361 square kilometers, and the capital to Kakamega, it has 16 districts. He has a lot of sugar factories and the largest paper factory in Africa.  more ...