Bondo District (Bondo District)
Bondo District was an administrative district in the former Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Bondo. The Bondo District had a population of 238,780. The district was relatively new; it was created in 1998 from southern parts of the Siaya District. Bondo district has since been further split off from Rarieda District to its east.
The district had only two constituencies: Bondo Constituency and Rarieda Constituency.
Local industries are fishing and family farming. The district bordered the shore of Lake Victoria.
In 2010, the district was eliminated and the area is now part of Siaya County.
The district had only two constituencies: Bondo Constituency and Rarieda Constituency.
Local industries are fishing and family farming. The district bordered the shore of Lake Victoria.
In 2010, the district was eliminated and the area is now part of Siaya County.
Map - Bondo District (Bondo District)
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Kenya's earliest inhabitants were hunter-gatherers, like the present-day Hadza people. According to archaeological dating of associated artifacts and skeletal material, Cushitic speakers first settled in Kenya's lowlands between 3,200 and 1,300 BC, a phase known as the Lowland Savanna Pastoral Neolithic. Nilotic-speaking pastoralists (ancestral to Kenya's Nilotic speakers) began migrating from present-day South Sudan into Kenya around 500 BC. Bantu people settled at the coast and the interior between 250 BC and 500 AD. European contact began in 1500 AD with the Portuguese Empire, and effective colonisation of Kenya began in the 19th century during the European exploration of the interior. Modern-day Kenya emerged from a protectorate established by the British Empire in 1895 and the subsequent Kenya Colony, which began in 1920. Numerous disputes between the UK and the colony led to the Mau Mau revolution, which began in 1952, and the declaration of independence in 1963. After independence, Kenya remained a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The current constitution was adopted in 2010 and replaced the 1963 independence constitution.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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KES | Kenyan shilling | Sh | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
SW | Swahili language |