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Machakos County

Machakos County is in and has an elevation of 1,254 metres.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tala and Kangundo.

Town
is a town in Machakos County, located in the lower eastern region of Kenya and about 56 kilometres east of the Kenyan capital, . It is usually classified as being one town with Kangundo, due to their close proximity. is situated 9 km west of Machakos County.

Town
is a town in Machakos County, . is part of the extensive 4 county metropolitan area of Nairobi. It is classified as a twin sister to the town of due to their close proximity. is situated 7 km west of Machakos County.

Machakos County

Latitude
-1.282° or 1° 16′ 55″ south
Longitude
37.408° or 37° 24′ 29″ east
Population
1,420,000
Elevation
1,254 metres (4,114 feet)
Open location code
6GCVPC95+66
Geo­Names ID
7667644
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Satellite Map

Discover Machakos County from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Zulu—“Machakos County” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “comtat de Machakos”
  • Cebuano: “Machakos”
  • Chinese: “馬查科斯郡”
  • Dutch: “Machakos”
  • Finnish: “Machakosin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Machakos”
  • German: “Machakos District”
  • Indonesian: “County Machakos”
  • Italian: “Contea di Machakos”
  • Japanese: “マチャコス”
  • Korean: “마차코스현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Machakos Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Machakos fylke”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ماچاکوس”
  • Polish: “Machakos”
  • Russian: “Мачакос”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Machakos”
  • Swahili: “Kaunti ya Machakos”
  • Swedish: “Machakos”
  • Turkish: “Machakos ili”
  • Urdu: “ماچاکوس کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Machakos”
  • Welsh: “Sir Machakos”
  • Zulu: “Machakos County”

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Kanzalu and Kanzalu Range.

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