Machakos County

Machakos County

Masaku
Machakos County Masaku
County
	Road in Machakos County showing the landscape
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	Nickname: Masaku
	Motto: "the Place to be"
	Location in Kenya
	Coordinates: 01°14′S 37°23′E / 1.233°S 37.383°E
Country	Kenya
Formed	4 March 2013
Capital	Machakos
Government
• Governor	Wavinya Ndeti
• Speaker	Ann Kiusya
• Senator	Agnes Kavindu Muthama
• Women Representative	Joyce kamene
Area
• County	6,043 km2 (2,333 sq mi)
Elevation	1,138 m (3,734 ft)
Population (2019)
• County	1,421,932
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
• Metro	150,041
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3
Website	[1]

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Machakos County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, which came into being because of the devolved system of governance occasioned by the 2010 constitution of Kenya. The country's first administrative headquarters are in Machakos Town, which is the largest town in the county. The county had a population of 1,421,932 as of 2019. The county borders Nairobi and Kiambu counties to the west, Embu to the north, Kitui to the east, Makueni to the south, Kajiado to the south west, and Muranga and Kirinyaga to the north west.