Makueni County
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Makueni County is a semi-arid administrative region in southeastern Kenya known for its agriculture, water-scarcity challenges, and location along key transport and river basins.
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | County in Kenya ⓘ |
| capital | Wote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| dominantEthnicGroup | Kamba people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | County Government of Makueni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConstituency |
Kaiti Constituency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kibwezi East Constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ Kibwezi West Constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilome Constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ Makueni Constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbooni Constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCrop |
bananas
ⓘ
beans ⓘ maize ⓘ mangoes ⓘ millet ⓘ oranges ⓘ pigeon peas ⓘ sorghum ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
bee keeping
ⓘ
crop farming ⓘ livestock keeping ⓘ sand harvesting ⓘ trade along Nairobi–Mombasa corridor ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Kamba people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorRoad |
Mombasa Road (A109)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nairobi–Mombasa Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighbor |
Kajiado County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kitui County NERFINISHED ⓘ Machakos County NERFINISHED ⓘ Taita-Taveta County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProject | Thwake Multipurpose Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Athi River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kaiti River NERFINISHED ⓘ Thwake River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiverBasin |
Athi River Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Athi-Galana-Sabaki Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Emali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kathonzweni NERFINISHED ⓘ Kibwezi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilome NERFINISHED ⓘ Makindu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbooni NERFINISHED ⓘ Mtito Andei NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan Hamud NERFINISHED ⓘ Wote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquarters | Wote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
community water projects
ⓘ
drought resilience initiatives ⓘ fruit farming ⓘ mango production ⓘ smallholder agriculture ⓘ water scarcity challenges ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Kenya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeastern Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Former Eastern Province, Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | county ⓘ |
| timeZone | East Africa Time ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) corridor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uganda Railway corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
| waterChallenge |
overreliance on rain-fed agriculture
ⓘ
recurrent droughts ⓘ seasonal rivers ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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