Machakos
Machakos County is a county of Kenya. It is located in the south of the country, east of Nairobi, and its capital is Machakos. The total population of the county is 1 098 584 inhabitants according to the census of 2009. It extends over an area of 6208 km² and is surrounded, clockwise and starting from the north, by the Embu, Kitui counties, Makueni, Kajiado, Nairobi, Kiambu and Muranga.