Ngong Hills
The Ngong Hills are peaks in a ridge along the Great Rift Valley, located southwest near Nairobi, in southern Kenya. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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”, and “Ol Doinyo Ololemoya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ngong and Matathia.
Ngong
Town
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Ngong is a town near the Ngong Hills along the Great Rift Valley within Kajiado County, located in the southwest of Nairobi, in southern Kenya. The word "Ngong" is a Maasai word derived from the word "enkong'u" meaning both "the 'eye'" and "eye of water" or thus spring of water. Ngong is situated 5 km north of Ngong Hills.
Matathia
Village
Matasia is a settlement in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. Matathia is situated 5 km east of Ngong Hills.
Kiserian
Town
Kiserian is a town in Kenya's Rift Valley Province, Kajiado County. Kiserian Town is bordered by Ongata Rongai, Ngong Town, Enoomatasiani Town and Kisamis Town. Kiserian is situated 6 km southeast of Ngong Hills.
Ngong Hills
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Kajiado County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Ngong Hills” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ngong Hills”
- Catalan: “Turons Ngong”
- Cebuano: “Ngong Hills”
- Chinese: “恩貢山”
- Czech: “Ngong Hills”
- Danish: “Ngong Hills”
- Danish: “Ngong”
- 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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oldoinyo Ololemoya and Olchorro Onyore.
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