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Nairobi City County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. With an estimated population of 5,454,000 in 2024, it is the third-smallest in area of the counties, yet the most populous one. It also serves as the capital of Kenya. The county entity was effected in 2013, replacing Nairobi City Council, which had been the long-standing unit of local ...
Sub-counties, also known as Districts, are the decentralised units through which government of Kenya provides functions and services. [1] At national level, sub-counties take a more administrative function like security, statistical purposes, provision of government services, etc. Even though the sub-counties are divisions of counties, powers ...
The counties are divided into sub-counties and a further 290 constituencies, then 1450 Wards (to coincide with the County Assembly Wards of the County Government), and Villages. [1] The City of Nairobi, which enjoyed the status of a full administrative province, would become a County.
The districts of Kenya were divided into 262 divisions (matarafa). Divisions of Kenya were further subdivided into locations. Today's counties of Kenya are based on the merging of some of the districts on this list and since the divisions are one level under the districts they are now the sub-counties. This is because Kenya recently changed its ...
The Royal Commission drew 117 constituencies, across the 40 districts and Nairobi region. [1] [2] The number of constituencies have increased from 117 constitiencies at independence to 290 constituencies in 2013. There have been four major constituency delineation since independence; in 1966, 1986, 1996 and 2012.
The counties are also single-member constituencies which elect members of the Senate, [2] and special woman members to the National Assembly. [3] As of 2022, there are 47 counties whose size and boundaries are based on 1992 districts. Following the re-organization of Kenya's national administration, counties were integrated into a new national ...
The U.S. state of California is divided into 58 counties. [1] The state was first divided into 27 counties on February 18, 1850. These were further sub-divided to form sixteen additional counties by 1860. Another fourteen counties were formed through further subdivision from 1861 to 1893. The most recent county to form was Imperial County, in 1907.
Locations were a type of administrative region in Kenya. Locations are a third level subdivision below counties and sub-counties. Locations are further subdivided into sub-locations. [1] At the 1999 census there were 2,427 locations and 6,612 sublocations in Kenya. [2] It is rendered obsolete following the 2010 constitution.