Geographical Location
[lsvr_content_box]Machakos County is a county of Kenya. Its capital is Machakos. Its largest town is Machakos, the country’s first administrative headquarters.
Machakos County, nicknamed ‘Macha,’ was the first capital city of Kenya and now, it is an administrative county in Kenya. Machakos has eight (8) constituencies including Machakos Town, Mavoko, Masinga, Yatta, Kangundo, Kathiani, Matungulu, and Mwala. Machakos Town is the administrative capital of the county.
Machakos 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. Machakos County stretches from latitudes 0º 45’ South to 1º 31’ South and longitudes 36° 45’ East to 37° 45’ East. The county has an altitude of 1000 – 1600 meters above sea level.[/lsvr_content_box]