Butere/Mumias District

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Butere/Mumias District was a former administrative district in Western Province, Kenya, known for its predominantly Luhya population and sugarcane-based agriculture centered around the town of Mumias.

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Butere/Mumias District canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district of Kenya ⓘ
former administrative district ⓘ
administrativeCenter Mumias ⓘ
agriculturalProduct beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
borderedBy Bungoma District ⓘ
Busia District ⓘ
Kakamega District ⓘ
linked to: Kakamega County

Siaya District ⓘ
capital Mumias ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
containsSettlement Butere ⓘ
Mumias ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
dissolvedIn 2010s ⓘ
economyBasedOn sugarcane-based agriculture ⓘ
ethnicMajority Luhya people NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerSubdivisionOf Kenya ⓘ
governmentType district administration (pre-2010 Kenya) ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity livestock keeping ⓘ
smallholder farming ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType primary schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasHealthInfrastructure rural health centers ⓘ
hasIndustry sugar milling ⓘ
hasMajorCompany Mumias Sugar Company ⓘ
hasRiver Nzoia River ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure rural road network ⓘ
historicalRegion Luhya homeland ⓘ
linked to: Luhya
knownFor sugar industry ⓘ
sugarcane farming ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Western Province, Kenya ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
mainReligion Christianity ⓘ
namedAfter Butere ⓘ
Mumias ⓘ
partOf Western Province, Kenya ⓘ
partOfReform Kenya 2010 constitutional devolution ⓘ
linked to: Referendum in Kenya
populationGroup Luhya subgroups ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
Luhya languages ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
region Western Kenya ⓘ
linked to: western Kenya
reorganizedInto Kakamega County ⓘ
status defunct administrative unit ⓘ
UTCoffset +3 ⓘ

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Siaya District → borderedBy → Butere/Mumias District ⓘ