Makueni County

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Makueni County is a semi-arid administrative region in southeastern Kenya known for its agriculture, water-scarcity challenges, and location along key transport and river basins.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Makueni County canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf County in Kenya ⓘ
capital Wote ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
dominantEthnicGroup Kamba people ⓘ
governedBy County Government of Makueni ⓘ
hasConstituency Kaiti Constituency ⓘ
Kibwezi East Constituency ⓘ
Kibwezi West Constituency ⓘ
Kilome Constituency ⓘ
Makueni Constituency ⓘ
Mbooni Constituency ⓘ
hasCrop bananas ⓘ
beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
mangoes ⓘ
millet ⓘ
oranges ⓘ
pigeon peas ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity bee keeping ⓘ
crop farming ⓘ
livestock keeping ⓘ
sand harvesting ⓘ
trade along Nairobi–Mombasa corridor ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Kamba people ⓘ
linked to: Akamba people
hasMajorRoad Mombasa Road (A109) ⓘ
linked to: Mombasa Road

Nairobi–Mombasa Highway ⓘ
hasNeighbor Kajiado County ⓘ
Kitui County ⓘ
Machakos County ⓘ
Taita-Taveta County ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
hasProject Thwake Multipurpose Dam ⓘ
hasRiver Athi River ⓘ
Kaiti River ⓘ
Thwake River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiverBasin Athi River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Athi River basin

Athi-Galana-Sabaki Basin ⓘ
linked to: Athi River basin
hasSettlement Emali ⓘ
Kathonzweni ⓘ
Kibwezi ⓘ
Kilome ⓘ
Makindu ⓘ
Mbooni ⓘ
Mtito Andei ⓘ
Sultan Hamud ⓘ
Wote ⓘ
headquarters Wote ⓘ
knownFor community water projects ⓘ
drought resilience initiatives ⓘ
fruit farming ⓘ
mango production ⓘ
smallholder agriculture ⓘ
water scarcity challenges ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Kenya ⓘ
linked to: eastern Kenya

Southeastern Kenya ⓘ
linked to: southeastern Kenya
partOf Former Eastern Province, Kenya ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
traversedBy Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) corridor ⓘ
Uganda Railway corridor ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ
waterChallenge overreliance on rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
recurrent droughts ⓘ
seasonal rivers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athi River basin → passesThrough → Makueni County ⓘ
Kajiado County → borders → Makueni County ⓘ
Taita-Taveta County → borderCounty → Makueni County ⓘ
Taita Taveta → bordersCounty → Makueni County ⓘ
A109 road → locatedIn → Makueni County ⓘ
Machakos County → neighboringRegion → Makueni County ⓘ
Eastern Province of Kenya → replacedBy → Makueni County ⓘ
Chyulu Hills aquifer → locatedIn → Makueni County ⓘ
Chyulu Hills → locatedIn → Makueni County ⓘ
Kamba (Kenya) → spokenIn → Makueni County ⓘ