Suba 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. Its capital town is Mbita Point

Mbita Point

Mbita Point is a rural community in the province of Nyanza, Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is home to the Thomas Odhiambo campus of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology . A public primary school formerly international and a clinic are also hosted by the Centre....

. The district has a population of 155,666 and an area of 1,055 km² http://www.statoids.com/yke.html. Suba district is named after the Suba people

Suba (Kenya)

The Suba are a people in Kenya who speak the Suba language. Their population is estimated at under 30,000, making them one of the country's smallest tribes. They migrated to Kenya from Uganda and settled on the two Lake Victoria islands of Rusinga and Mfangano, and are believed to be the last...

, who inhabit local Rusinga

Rusinga Island

Rusinga Island, with an elongated shape approx. 10 miles from end to end and 3 miles at its widest point, lies in the eastern part of Lake Victoria at the mouth of the Winam Gulf...

 and Mfangano

Mfangano Island

Mfangano Island lies in the eastern part of Lake Victoria, at the mouth of the Winam Gulf. Part of Kenya, it lies west of Rusinga Island. The island is 65 km² in area and rises to 1,694 m at Mount Kwitutu. It had a population of 16,282 as of 1999 census of population...

 Islands.

The district has two constituencies: Mbita and Gwassi http://www.cdf.go.ke/Nyanza.htm. In line with the new Kenyan constitution, Suba district is now part of Homabay county.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Mbita Point Mbita Point Mbita Point is a rural community in the province of Nyanza, Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is home to the Thomas Odhiambo campus of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology . A public primary school formerly international and a clinic are also hosted by the Centre....	Town	28,705	6,103
Suba	County	126,961	1,792
Total	-	155,666	7,895

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban population*	Population density	Headquarters
Central	27,574	1,653	90
Gwassi	47,221	0	142
Lambwe	18,366	0	132
Mbita	46,223	5,745	219	Mbita Point
Mfangano	16,282	0	250
Total	155,666	7,398	148 (average)

External links

• Map of Migori and Suba districts