Kangundo

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

Kangundo is a town in Machakos County, Kenya. Kangundo is part of the extensive 4 county metropolitan area of Nairobi. It is classified as a twin sister to the town of Tala due to their close proximity.

Kangundo-Tala

Officially Kangundo-Tala's population is the 9th largest urban area in Kenya. Kangundo-Tala is also part of the Eastern Nairobi Metropolitan Area. 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
Kathiani	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 (km^2)	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

See also

• Tala
• Machakos County

References

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