Ngong Hills

The Ngong Hills are peaks in a ridge along the Great Rift Valley, located southwest near , in southern . The word "Ngong" is an Anglicization of a Maasai phrase "enkong'u emuny" meaning rhinoceros spring, and this name derives from a spring located near Ngong Town.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,419 metres
  • Description: range of hills in Kenya
  • Also known as: “Keambiroiro”, “Kiambiruiru”, “Ol Doinyo Lollaisihr”, “Ol Doinyo Lollaisir”, “Ol Doinyo Ololemoya”, and “Turons Ngong”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ngong and Matathia.

Town
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is a town near the Hills along the Great… is situated 5 km north of Ngong Hills.

Village
is a village in in the western Rift Valley region of . is situated 5 km east of Ngong Hills.

Town
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is a town in 's Rift Valley Province, Kajiado County. is situated 6 km southeast of Ngong Hills.

Ngong Hills

Latitude
-1.40949° or 1° 24′ 34″ south
Longitude
36.63843° or 36° 38′ 18″ east
Elevation
2,419 metres (7,936 feet)
Open location code
6GCRHJRQ+69
Geo­Names ID
183587
Wiki­data ID
Q1861057
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Ngong Hills” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ngong Hills”
  • Cebuano: “Ngong Hills”
  • Chinese: “恩貢山”
  • Czech: “Ngong Hills”
  • Danish: “Ngong Hills”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تلال نجونج”
  • French: “Ngong Hills”
  • German: “Ngong-Berge”
  • Hebrew: “גבעות נגונג”
  • Indonesian: “Perbukitan Ngong”
  • Italian: “Colline Ngong”
  • Japanese: “ンゴングヒルズ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Imisozi ya Ngong”
  • Ladin: “Ngong-Berge”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ngong”
  • Norwegian: “Ngong”
  • Russian: “Нгонг-Хиллс”
  • Spanish: “Colinas de Ngong”
  • Swahili: “Milima ya Ngong”
  • Swahili: “Vilima vya ngong”
  • Swedish: “Ngong Hills”
  • Venetian: “Colline Ngong”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Olosho-Oibok and Enoomatathian.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Oldoinyo Ololemoya and Olchorro Onyore.

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Worth a closer look: Nairobi and Mombasa.

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