Kuria District is an administrative district

Districts of Kenya

The provinces of Kenya are subdivided into number of districts .- List of districts of Kenya :Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there are 46 legal districts in Kenya :Coast Province:...

 in the Nyanza Province

Nyanza Province

Nyanza Province of Kenya, is one of Kenya's eight administrative provinces. It is located in the southwest part of Kenya around Lake Victoria. Nyanza includes part of the eastern edge of Lake Victoria and is inhabited predominantly by the Luo. There are also Bantu-speaking tribes such as the...

 of Kenya

Kenya

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. Its capital town is Kehancha (sometimes spelled as Kihancha). The district has a population of 256,086 (2009 census) and an area of 581 km². It is inhabited by Kuria people

Kuria (ethnic group)

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Kuria district was 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 administrative divisions namely Kehancha, Mabera and Masaba Divisions while Kuria East spans the two administrative divisions namely Kegonga and Ntimaru.

However one peculiarity is that the two District's have only one local authority, Kehancha municipality and one electoral constituency, Kuria Constituency

Kuria Constituency

Kuria Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is the only constituency in Kuria District. The constituency has 21 wards, all electing councillors to the Kehancha municipality.- Members of Parliament :- Wards :...

which is represented in parliament by Dr W.G Machage. Kuria District is divided into five administrative divisions:

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Kegonga	57,044	27,098	Kegonga
Kehancha	62,260	29,267	Ikerege
Mabera	44,782	7,213	Suba Kuria
Masaba	38,550	9,342	Masaba
Ntimaru	53,450	18,513	Ntimaru
Total	256,086	91,433	-