Kangundo

Kangundo
Kangundo
Town Council
	Kangundo Location of Kangundo-Tala
	Coordinates: 1°21′S 37°22′E / 1.35°S 37.37°ECoordinates: 1°21′S 37°22′E / 1.35°S 37.37°E
Country	Kenya
County	Machakos County
Elevation	1,544 m (5,068 ft)
Population (2009)
• Metro	218,557
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Climate	Cwb

Kangundo is a town in Kenya's Machakos County in the lower eastern region of Kenya. It is usually classified as being one town with Tala, due to their close proximity.

Kangundo-Tala[]

Officially Kangundo-Tala's population is the 9th largest of any urban area in Kenya. Tala is part of Kangundo town council.^[2]

Towns in Machakos County[]

Town	Population (2009)	Rank in Kenya (Population Size)
Kangundo-Tala	218,557	9
Machakos	150,041	13
Athi River	139,380	15
	3,365	195
Masii	2,501	211

* 2009 census. Source:^[1]

Nairobi Metro[]

Machakos County (yellow) within Nairobi Metro (green)

Machakos County is within Greater Nairobi which consists of 4 out of 47 counties in Kenya but the area generates about 60% of the nations wealth.^[3]^[4] The counties are:

Area	County	Area (km²)	Population Census 2009	Cities/Towns/Municipalities in the Counties
Core Nairobi	Nairobi County	694.9	3,138,369	Nairobi
Northern Metro	Kiambu County	2,449.2	1,623,282	Kiambu, Thika, Limuru, Ruiru, Karuri, Kikuyu
Southern Metro	Kajiado County	21,292.7	687,312	Kajiado, Olkejuado, Bissil, Ngong, Kitengela, Kiserian, Ongata Rongai
Eastern Metro	Machakos County	5,952.9	1,098,584	Kangundo-Tala, Machakos, Athi River
Totals	Nairobi Metro	30,389.7	6,547,547

Source: NairobiMetro/ Kenya Census

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency Archived 28 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://196.200.27.243:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/111/Nairobi.pdf?sequence=3^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.nairobimetro.go.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=43&Itemid=90^{[permanent dead link]}.

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show v t Nairobi metropolitan area
Population - 7.8 million
Counties	Kajiado Kiambu Machakos Nairobi
Major city 3.8 million	Nairobi
Urban Centres over 200K	Ruiru Kangundo-Tala Kikuyu
Other major Urban Centres	Athi River Juja Karuri Kiambu Kitengela Limuru Machakos Mlolongo Ngong Ongata Rongai Thika
Future developments	Konza Technology City

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Kangundo

Contents

Kangundo-Tala[]

Towns in Machakos County[]

Nairobi Metro[]

See also[]

References[]

Kangundo
Town Council
Kangundo Location of Kangundo-Tala
Coordinates: 1°21′S 37°22′E / 1.35°S 37.37°E / -1.35; 37.37Coordinates: 1°21′S 37°22′E / 1.35°S 37.37°E / -1.35; 37.37
Country	Kenya
County	Machakos County
Elevation	1,544 m (5,068 ft)
Population (2009)
• Metro	218,557^[1]
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Climate	Cwb