Siaya District is one of the twelve districts that make up Nyanza Province in the southwest part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia District to the North, Vihiga and Butere/Mumias Districts to the North-East, Bondo District to the South, and Kisumu District to the South-East. The total area of the district is approximately 1520 km². The District lies between latitude 0° 26’ to 0° 18’ north and longitude 33° 58’ east and 34° 33’ west.

The projected population in the year 2002 showed 493,326 people in Siaya District, with 226,682 males and 266,644 females.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*	Wards
Siaya	Municipality	41,174	13,787	7
Ugunja	Town	29,963	3,588	7
Ukwala	Town	49,802	671	7
Yala	Town	25,769	2,438	6
Siaya County	County	333,476	0	29
Total	-	480,184	20,484	-

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Area	Sub-locations	Headquarters
Boro	47,455	0	180.1 km²	12	Boro
Karemo	76,986	12,611	235.1 km²	17	Siaya
Ugunja	77,006	3,382	198.8 km²	21	Ugunja
Ukwala	98,912	487	319.5 km²	28	Ukwala
Uranga	41,564	0	183.4 km²	13
Wagai	54,438	0	193.3 km²	18
Yala	83,823	2,165	209.8 km²	19	Yala
Total	480,184	18,645	1,520 km²	128	-

The district has three constituencies:

• Alego Constituency
• Gem Constituency
• Ugenya Constituency

At the 2007 parliamentary elections all three seats were won by Orange Democratic Movement.

See also

• Nyamninia, a village in Yala division of Siaya District
• Nyang’oma Kogelo, a village in Karemo Division of Siaya District

External links

• Siaya District Development Plan 2002 - 2008
• http://www.bushdrums.com
• Map of Siaya District