Machakos County

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Machakos County
Population (state)
- population density
1,421,932 inh. (2019)
239 inh / km²
surface 5,952.9 km²
Coordinates 1 ° 25 ′  S , 37 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 1 ° 25 ′  S , 37 ° 15 ′  E
ISO 3166-2 KE-22
Machakos County in Kenya.svg

Machakos County (until 2010 Machakos District ) is a county in Kenya . The capital is Machakos . In 2019, 1,421,932 people lived on 5952.9 km² in the county. The county is divided into twelve divisions. The climate in the district is semi-arid . In 2000, around 66% of the population was below the poverty line. The district is mainly inhabited by Akambas . The main industries are agriculture and livestock. In 2005 there were almost 850 primary schools and 154 secondary schools in the district .

Healthcare

The county had more than 100 health care facilities in 2001. There were more than 62,000 potential patients for one doctor. The most common illnesses in the county are malaria and skin diseases in adults, and children often get eye infections, pneumonia and malaria. Furthermore, the children in the district often suffer from marasmus , anemia and kwashiorkor . The HIV - prevalence in 1999 was 15%. Infant mortality was 5.3% in 1999, while 7.8% of children died before their 5th birthday. Machakos County also has the highest number of rabies diseases in Kenya.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Kenya’s 47 counties. TISA, accessed March 3, 2013 .
  2. Machakos District Development Plan 2005-2010 ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf), p. 10, accessed on June 23, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ncapd-ke.org
  3. Machakos District Development Plan 2005-2010 ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf), p. 14, accessed on June 23, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ncapd-ke.org
  4. Machakos District Development Plan 2005-2010 ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf), p. 15, accessed on June 23, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ncapd-ke.org
  5. Machakos District Development Plan 2005-2010 ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf), p. 16, accessed on June 23, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ncapd-ke.org
  6. PM Kitalaa, JJ McDermotta, MN Kyulea, JM Gathumaa: Community-based active surveillance for rabies in Machakos District, Kenya  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf), accessed on June 23, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rabiescontrol.net  

Web links

Commons : Machakos County  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files