Teso District, Kenya

Teso District is a defunct administrative district in the former Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Amagoro, next to Malaba a border town between Kenya and Uganda. The district had a population of 5,000 in the 1999 census and an area of 559 square kilometres (216 sq mi).[1] The district had one electoral constituency, Amagoro Constituency.[2] Alupe Leprosy Hospital is located in this former district.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
MalabaTown2000700
TesoCounty30000
Total-5000700
* 1999 census. Source:[3]
Administrative divisions
Division Population* Urban
population*
Population
density*
Headquarters
Amagoro20003000370
Amukura5000264Amukura
Angurai5000306
Chakol15000393
Total50003000325 (average)-
* 1999 census. Sources:,,[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Kenya Districts". Statoids.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Archived December 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Archived June 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Urban Poverty Estimates For Kenya's Provinces, Districts, Divisions and Locations". Archived from the original (XLS) on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2023.