Machakos County

Not to be confused with Machakos or Governor of Machakos.

Machakos County
County
Road in Machakos County showing the landscape
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Motto:  "the Place to be"
Location in Kenya
Coordinates: 01°14′S 37°23′E
Country	Kenya
Formed	4 March 2013
Capital	Machakos
Other towns	List Athi River Mavoko Kangundo Tala Masii
Government
• Governor	Wavinya Ndeti
Area
• County	6,043 km2 (2,333 sq mi)
Elevation	1,138 m (3,734 ft)
Population  (2019)
• County	1,421,932
• Density	235.3/km2 (609.4/sq mi)
• Metro	150,041
GDP (PPP)
• GDP	$8.809 billion (6th)(2022)
• Per Capita	$5,985 (2022) (7th)
GDP (NOMINAL)
• GDP	$3.235 billion (2022) (6th)
• Per Capita	$2,197 (2022) (7th)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3
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Machakos County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, which came into being as part of the devolved system of governance occasioned by the 2010 constitution of Kenya. It is also part of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in East Africa containing 15.95 million people. The county's 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 Murang'a and Kirinyaga to the north west.