Nyando district bordered the Rift Valley Province.
Its capital was a small town called Awasi, located 30 kilometres east of the Kisumu.
Other towns and villages in the district included Muhoroni, Chemelil, Ahero, Miwani, Koru, Kibigori, and Fort Ternan.
It is now an electoral constituency within Kisumu county and had a population of 161,508 people (2019 census).
Okelo, Jared Odoyo who was re-elected for his second term on Orange Democratic movement party ticket in 2022 The district had three electoral constituencies: