Machakos District

Machakos County
—  County  —
Nickname(s): Macha
Coordinates: 00°38′N 33°29′E
Country	Kenya
Capital	Machakos
H.E His Excellency	March 4th 2013
Government
• Govenor	Dr.Alfred Mutua
Elevation	1,138 m (3,734 ft)
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.machakosgovernment.com/

Machakos County is a administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Machakos. The County has a population of 906,644 (1999 census).

The local climate is semi arid. The terrain is hilly, the district has an altitude from 1000 to 1600 metres above sea level. Akamba people are the dominant tribe.

Subdivisions

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Machakos	Municipality	144,109	28,891
Mavoko (Athi River)	Municipality	48,260	22,167
Kangundo	Town	187,389	9,122
Matuu	Town	44,922	5,321
Masaku	County	481,964	9,088
* 1999 census. Source: [1]

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Kalama	41,000	0
Kangundo	91,238	3,786	Kangundo
Kathiani	95,096	2,929	Mitaboni
Machakos Central	143274	26,438	Machakos
Masinga	74,478	654	Masinga
Matungulu	99,731	4,734	Tala
Mavoko	48,936	19,177	Athi River
Mwala	89,211	2,708
Ndithini	32,358	0
Yathui	65,567	481	Wamunyu
Yatta	125,755	4913	Matuu
* 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3],

The County has six constituencies:

• Masinga Constituency
• Yatta Constituency
• Kangundo Constituency
• Kathiani Constituency (consists of Mavoko and Kathiani divisions)
• Machakos Town Constituency
• Mwala Constituency

External links

• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Kenya AdminLevels 1-4