Ngong
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.
- Town with about 107,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,960 metres (6,430 feet)
- …is also known as “Ngong, Kenya”
- Description: city in Kenya
Places of Interest
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matathia.
Matathia
Village
Matathia is a village in Kiambu County in the western Rift Valley region of Kenya.
5 km southeast of Ngong
Ngong
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
-1.3666° or 1° 21′ 60″ south
Longitude
36.65° or 36° 39′ east
Open location code
6GCRJMM2+92
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zulu—“Ngong” goes by many names.
NgongAsturian
NgongCatalan
NgongCebuano
NgongDutch
NgongFinnish
Ngong (Kenia)Finnish
ンゴングJapanese
NgongNorwegian
NgongNorwegian Bokmål
نگونگPersian
NgongPolish
НгонгRussian
نقونقSouth Azerbaijani
نقونق، کنیاSouth Azerbaijani
NgongSwahili
Ngong, KenyaSwahili
NgongSwedish
Ngong, KenyaTumbuka
НгонгUkrainian
Ngong, KhenyaZulu
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ngong and Academy.
Notable Places Nearby
Discover A.I.C. Ngong Hills and Ngong Police Station.
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