Machakos District

Machakos District

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 [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf] .

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.

Subdivisions

The district has six constituencies:
*Masinga
*Yatta
*Kangundo
*Kathiani (consists of Mavoko and Kathiani divisions)
*Machakos Town
*Mwala

External links

*http://www.atnesa.org/weeding/weeding-wellard-adoption-KE.pdf


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