Machakos County

E748297
county in Kenya

Machakos County is a largely semi-arid county in Kenya’s Eastern region, known for its proximity to Nairobi, growing urban centers, and mixed agriculture and pastoralist livelihoods.

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Surface form Occurrences
Machakos County Government 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county in Kenya ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Republic of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Machakos NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains Athi River industrial area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Konza Technopolis site NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
economicActivity manufacturing ⓘ
mixed farming ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kamba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType devolved county government ⓘ
hasFeature dryland farming areas ⓘ
hilly terrain ⓘ
seasonal rivers ⓘ
hasLeader Governor of Machakos County ⓘ
hasLegislature Machakos County Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSettlement Athi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kangundo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kathiani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Konza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Machakos town NERFINISHED ⓘ
Masii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matuu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mlolongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor dryland agriculture ⓘ
proximity to Nairobi ⓘ
rapidly growing urban centers ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Kikamba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Eastern Region of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringRegion Embu County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kajiado County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiambu County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kitui County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Makueni County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Murang’a County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nairobi County NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf former Eastern Province of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Mombasa Road corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Standard Gauge Railway corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

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Yatta Plateau → administrativeRegion → Machakos County ⓘ
Nairobi County → borderedBy → Machakos County ⓘ
Kajiado County → borders → Machakos County ⓘ
Kiambu County → borders → Machakos County ⓘ
Nairobi Metropolitan Region → containsCounty → Machakos County ⓘ
Athi River settlements → governedBy → Machakos County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Machakos County Government
Athi River settlements → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Machakos County ⓘ
Athi River basin → passesThrough → Machakos County ⓘ
Athi–Kapiti ecosystem → region → Machakos County ⓘ