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.
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  • Type: City with 63,800 residents
  • Description: municipality in Machakos County, Kenya
  • Also known as: “Masaku”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Roman Catholic Diocese of Machakos.

Church
The Catholic Diocese of Machakos is a diocese located…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isuvya.

Village
The Eastern Province of was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya.

Machakos

Latitude
-1.5196° or 1° 31′ 11″ south
Longitude
37.2654° or 37° 15′ 56″ east
Population
63,800
Elevation
1,619 metres (5,312 feet)
Open location code
6GCVF7J8+45
Open­Street­Map ID
way 677837974
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
188492
Wiki­data ID
Q693093
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Machakos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مشاكوس”
  • Asturian: “Machakos”
  • Bengali: “ম্যাকাকস”
  • Breton: “Machakos”
  • Catalan: “Machakos”
  • Chinese: “馬查科斯”
  • Chinese: “马查科斯”
  • Corsican: “Machakos”
  • Croatian: “Machakos”
  • Danish: “Machakos”
  • Dutch: “Machakos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مشاكوس”
  • Esperanto: “Machakos”
  • Finnish: “Machakos”
  • French: “Machakos”
  • Georgian: “მაჩაკოსი”
  • German: “Machakos”
  • Greek: “Ματσάκος”
  • Gujarati: “મેંકાકોસ”
  • Hebrew: “מצ’קוס”
  • Hindi: “मचाकोस”
  • Indonesian: “Machakos”
  • Irish: “Machakos”
  • Italian: “Machakos”
  • Japanese: “マチャコス”
  • Kalaallisut: “Machakos”
  • Kannada: “ಮಚಕೋಸ್”
  • Korean: “마차코스”
  • Latvian: “Mačakosa”
  • Lithuanian: “Mačakosas”
  • Low German: “Machakos”
  • Malay: “Machakos”
  • Maori: “Machakos”
  • Marathi: “मॅकाकोस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Machakos”
  • Norwegian: “Machakos”
  • Persian: “ماچاکوس، کنیا”
  • Persian: “ماچاکوس”
  • Polish: “Machakos”
  • Portuguese: “Machakos”
  • Romanian: “Machakos”
  • Russian: “Мачакос”
  • Russian: “Мачакосский”
  • Serbian: “Mahakos”
  • Serbian: “Махакос”
  • Serbian: “Мачакос”
  • Sinhala: “මචාකොස්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماچاکوس، کنیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماچاکوس”
  • Spanish: “Machakos”
  • Swahili: “Machakos”
  • Swedish: “Machakos”
  • Tahitian: “Machakos”
  • Tamil: “மகாகோஸ்”
  • Telugu: “మచాకోస్”
  • Thai: “มาชาคอส”
  • Turkish: “Machakos”
  • Ukrainian: “Мачакос”
  • Urdu: “ماچاکوس”
  • Venetian: “Machakos”
  • Vietnamese: “Machakos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Machakos”
  • Zulu: “Machakos”

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