Official Name: | Wote |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Kenya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kenya |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Makueni County |
Government Type: | County Government |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Name: | Mutula Kilonzo Jnr |
Leader Title1: | Senator |
Leader Name1: | Daniel Kitonga Maanzo |
Established Title: | March 2013 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 1999 Census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 56419 |
Population Urban: | 5542 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Elevation M: | 1100 |
Wote is a town in Kenya. It is the capital of Makueni County in the former Eastern Province. It forms a town council and had a population of 56,419, of whom 5,542 are classified urban based on the 1999 census.[2]
Wote town has six wards: Kako, Kaumoni, Kikumini, Muvau, Nziu and Wote. Most of them are located in Makueni Constituency, but Kako ward belongs to Mbooni Constituency and Kaumoni ward to Kaiti Constituency.[3] Wote is also headquarters of Wote division of Makueni subcounty.