page_title: Machakos
hierarchical_section_title: Machakos
caption_attribution_description: A local farmer takes his cattle down to the pond
context_page_description: Machakos, also called Masaku is a town in Kenya, 63 km southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos County, Kenya. Its population is rapidly growing and was 150,041 as of 2009 and had a population of 1,421,932 as of 2019. People who live here are of the Akamba ethnicity. Machakos is surrounded by hilly terrain, with a high number of family farms.
context_section_description: Machakos, also called Masaku is a town in Kenya, 63 km (39 mi) southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos County, Kenya. Its population is rapidly growing and was 150,041 as of 2009 and had a population of 1,421,932 as of 2019. People who live here are of the Akamba ethnicity. Machakos is surrounded by hilly terrain, with a high number of family farms.
caption: The semi-arid terrain of Machakos.
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