Machakos

Machakos, also called Masaku, is a town in Machakos County, Kenya. Serving as the capital of the county, its urban population was 63,767 as of 2019.
  • City with about 63,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,620 metres (5,310 feet)
  • …is also known as “Masaku”
  • Description: municipality in Machakos County, Kenya

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Latitude
-1.5196° or 1° 31′ 11″ south
Longitude
37.2654° or 37° 15′ 56″ east
Open location code
6GCVF7J8+45
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Machakos” goes by many names.
مشاكوسArabic
MachakosAsturian
ম্যাকাকসBengali
MachakosBreton
MachakosCatalan
馬查科斯Chinese
马查科斯Chinese
MachakosCorsican
MachakosCroatian
MachakosDanish
MachakosDutch
مشاكوسEgyptian Arabic
MachakosEsperanto
MachakosFinnish
მაჩაკოსიGeorgian
ΜατσάκοςGreek
મેંકાકોસGujarati
מצ’קוסHebrew
मचाकोसHindi
MachakosIndonesian
MachakosIrish
MachakosItalian
マチャコスJapanese
MachakosKalaallisut
ಮಚಕೋಸ್Kannada
마차코스Korean
MačakosaLatvian
MačakosasLithuanian
MachakosLow German
MachakosMalay
MachakosMaori
मॅकाकोसMarathi
MachakosNorwegian
MachakosNorwegian Bokmål
ماچاکوسPersian
ماچاکوس، کنیاPersian
MachakosPolish
MachakosRomanian
МачакосRussian
МачакосскийRussian
MahakosSerbian
МахакосSerbian
МачакосSerbian
මචාකොස්Sinhala
ماچاکوسSouth Azerbaijani
ماچاکوس، کنیاSouth Azerbaijani
MachakosSwahili
MachakosSwedish
MachakosTahitian
மகாகோஸ்Tamil
మచాకోస్Telugu
มาชาคอสThai
MachakosTumbuka
MachakosTurkish
МачакосUkrainian
ماچاکوسUrdu
MachakosVenetian
MachakosVietnamese
MachakosWaray (Philippines)
MachakosZulu

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