Kwale District

{{Short description|Former administrative district in Kenya}} '''Kwale District''' was an [[districts of Kenya|administrative district]] in the [[Coast Province]] of [[Kenya]]. Its capital town was [[Kwale]], although [[Msambweni]] and [[Ukunda]] are larger. The district was created by the colonial government, making it one of the original districts of Kenya.

The district had a population of 496,133.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenya Districts |url=http://www.statoids.com/yke.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.statoids.com}}</ref>

Kwale is mainly an inland district, but it has coastline south of [[Mombasa]]. [[Diani Beach]] is part of the Msambweni division. [[Shimba Hills National Reserve]] and [[Mwaluganje elephant sanctuary]] are other attractions in the district.

In 2013, Kilifi District was scrapped and replaced with [[Kilifi County]], a devolved form of administration in line with the 2010 [[constitution of Kenya]].

The district had three constituencies: *[[Msambweni Constituency]] *[[Matuga Constituency]] *[[Kinango Constituency]]

{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="5"| '''Local authorities (councils)''' |- |colspan="5"| |- !Authority !Type !Population* !Urban pop.* |- | [[Kwale]] || Town || 28,470 || 4,196 |- | Kwale County || County || 467,663 || 62,095 || |- | ''Total'' || - || ''496,133'' || ''66,291'' |- |colspan="5"| {{smaller|* 1999 census. Source: [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf]}} |}

{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="4"| '''Administrative divisions''' |- |colspan="4"| |- !Division !Population* !Urban pop.* !Headquarters |- | [[Kinango]] || 72,027 || 1,626 || [[Kinango]] |- | Kubo || 48,769 || 0 || |- | [[Matuga]] || 73,377 || 3,996 || [[Kwale]] |- | [[Msambweni]] || 211,814 || 55,964 || [[Msambweni]] |- | [[Samburu, Coast Province|Samburu]] || 91,011 || 0 || [[Samburu, Coast Province|Samburu]] |- | [[Shimba Hills National Reserve|Shimba Hills]] || 135 || 0 || |- | ''Total'' || ''496,133'' || ''61,586'' || - |- |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], }} |}

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[[Category:Former districts of Kenya]] [[Category:Coast Province]]