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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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