Kajiado is a town in

Kajiado County Kajiado County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. As of 2019, Kajiado county spanned an area of 21,292.7 km2, with a recorded population of 1,117,840. The county borders Nairobi and to its south it borders the Tanza ...

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. The town is located south of

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, along the Nairobi –

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highway ( A104 road). Kajiado has an urban population of 24,678 (2019 census). Local people are predominantly of the Maasai tribe. Kajiado is the headquarters for

. The name "Kajiado" comes from the word "Olkeju-ado." Which means "The Long River" in the Maasai language. The seasonal river named after the town runs from West to the East of the town. The original name for Kajiado was "Olpurapurana", which means "a round elevation".

Transport

Kajiado has a station on the Magadi Soda Railway line which runs from Konza (on the Nairobi-Mombasa line) to

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. However this line operates limited passenger services, the most convenient way to travel to Kajiado from Nairobi is by using a

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number 134, with NAEKANA sacco dominating the road transport to Kajiado town.

References

External links

* http://www.kajiado.go.ke * https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011333/http://www.kajiado-district-dev-trust.org.uk/kajiado.htm * https://www.hope4kajiado.org Populated places in Kajiado County County capitals in Kenya {{RiftValleyKE-geo-stub

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