Athi River

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This is an article on Athi River town. See also Athi-Galana-Sabaki River

Athi River is a town outside Nairobi, Kenya. It is also known as Mavoko. The town hosts Mavoko municipal council and headquarters of Mavoko division which is part of the Machakos District. The town has an urban population of 22.000 and a total population of 48,260 (1999 census ^[1]). The town is relatively industrialised, including a major cement factory. Athi River town is also a growing residential area due to its proximity to the capital. The town has a railway station built in 1920 along the Mombasa - Nairobi line. The Daystar University has a campus in Athi River. The town is named after Athi, the first part of the Athi-Galana river system.

Athi River town is adjacent to Kitengela town, but is part of the Machakos District in Eastern Province, while Kitengela belongs to Kajiado District in the Rift Valley Province.

Mavoko municipality has six wards (Athi River West, Katani, Kinanie/Mathani, Makadara, Muthwani and Sophia). All these wards belong to Kathiani constituency, which has total of ten wards. The remaining four wards are within Masaku County Council ^[2].