Machakos District

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Machakos District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Machakos. The district has a population of 906,644 [1].

The local climate is semi arid. The terrain is hilly, the district has an altitude from 1000 to 1600 metres above sea level. Akamba people are the dominant tribe.

Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Local authorities (councils)

Machakos	Municipality	144,109	28,891
Mavoko (Athi River)	Municipality	48,260	22,167
Kangundo	Town	187,389	9,122
Matuu	Town	44,922	5,321
Masaku	County	481,964	9,088
* 1999 census. Source: [2]

Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Administrative divisions

Kalama	41,000	0
Kangundo	91,238	3,786	Kangundo
Kathiani	95,096	2,929	Mitaboni
Machakos Central	143274	26,438	Machakos
Masinga	74,478	654	Masinga
Matungulu	99,731	4,734	Tala
Mavoko	48,936	19,177	Athi River
Mwala	89,211	2,708
Ndithini	32,358	0
Yathui	65,567	481	Wamunyu
Yatta	125,755	4913	Matuu
* 1999 census. Sources: [3], [4],

The district has six constituencies:

Masinga
Yatta
Kangundo
Kathiani
Machakos Town
Mwala

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