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The districts of Kenya were divided into 262 divisions (matarafa). Divisions of Kenya were further subdivided into locations. Today's counties of Kenya are based on the merging of some of the districts on this list and since the divisions are one level under the districts they are now the sub-counties. This is because Kenya recently changed its constitution and 47 Counties emerged. Here are the divisions listed below, by district (before the change in administration):
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Etago Kenyenya Nyacheki Nyamache Nyamarambe Ogembo Sameta
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The original Kilifi District (County) has since been split to five districts:
Kilifi District now has the following divisions:
Ganze district has these divisions:
While Kaloleni Division was recently split into two districts:
Malindi division also was upgraded to district and later split into two districts:
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Suba South
Suba North
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