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'''Gucha District''' was a former [[Districts of Kenya|district]] in [[Nyanza Province]], western [[Kenya]]. It was also known as '''South Kisii District''' or '''Ogembo District'''. In 1999, its population was approximately 461,000 people [https://web.archive.org/web/20050521223806/http://www.cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf]. Its district headquarters were at [[Ogembo]] which houses more than a thousand residents, (people who live in the center of the town), with more than one thousand people more that visit it each day.

Agriculture is the main industry. Apart from numerous small family plantations, there are large [[sugar cane]] fields. The population is mostly Gusii, but the district borders [[Maasai people|Maasai]] land at southeast. There has been some ethnic clashes between them.

The district had three constituencies: [[South Mugirango Constituency|South Mugirango]], [[Bomachoge Constituency|Bomachoge]] and [[Bobasi Constituency|Bobasi]]. At the 2002 General elections all three seats were won by [[Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People|FORD-People]].

In 2010, the district was eliminated and merged into [[Kisii County]].

{| class="wikitable"
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|colspan="4"| '''Local authorities (councils)''' 
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|colspan="4"| 
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!Authority  
!Type 
!Population*
!Urban pop.*
|-
| [[Ogembo]] || Town || 48,725 || 1,654
|-
| Nyamarambe || Town || 40,232 || 212
|-
| Nyamache || Town || 38,924 || 2,205
|-
| Tabaka || Town || 26,325 || 5,067
|-
| Gucha  || County || 306,733 || 1,946
|-
| ''Total''  || - || ''460,939'' || ''11,084''
|-
|colspan="4"| {{smaller|* 1999 census. Source: [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf]}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
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|colspan="4"| '''Administrative divisions''' 
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|colspan="4"| 
|-
!Division  
!Population*
!Urban pop.*
!Headquarters
|-
| Etago || 59,652 || 0 || 
|-
| Kenyenya || 92,641 || 1,857 || 
|-
| Nyacheki || 56,998 || 405 ||  
|-
| Nyamache  || 54,722 || 1,702 || 
|-
| Nyamarambe  || 67,060 || 3,850 || 
|-
| Ogembo || 78,827 || 1,465 || [[Ogembo]]
|-
| Sameta || 51,039 || 0 || 
|-
| ''Total'' || ''460,939'' || ''9,279'' || - 
|-
|colspan="4"| {{smaller|* 1999 census. Sources: [http://www.cck.go.ke/html/final_annex1_cover_status.pdf],  [http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/html/Urban%20Poverty%20all%20Kenya%20Province%20through%20Location%20Final.xls], }}
|}

==External links==

; Languages
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070510231620/http://www.ekegusii.org/ Kisii Language - ''Kisii''] English- Ekegusii translation

{{First and second-level administrative divisions of Kenya}}

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