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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
district of Kenya
ⓘ
former administrative district ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Mumias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
beans
ⓘ
maize ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Bungoma District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Busia District NERFINISHED ⓘ Kakamega District NERFINISHED ⓘ Siaya District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Mumias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| containsSettlement |
Butere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mumias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 2010s ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn | sugarcane-based agriculture ⓘ |
| ethnicMajority | Luhya people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSubdivisionOf | Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Nzoia River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportInfrastructure | rural road network ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Luhya homeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
sugar industry
ⓘ
sugarcane farming ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Western Province, Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | East Africa Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainReligion | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Butere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mumias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Western Province, Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfReform | Kenya 2010 constitutional devolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationGroup | Luhya subgroups ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Luhya languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili ⓘ |
| region | Western Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reorganizedInto | Kakamega County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct administrative unit ⓘ |
| UTCoffset | +3 ⓘ |
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