Ngong

Ngong is a town near the along the Great Rift Valley within Kajiado County, located in the southwest of , in southern . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 107,000 residents
  • Description: city in Kenya
  • Also known as: “Ngong, Kenya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ngong railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Karubiu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 4 km northeast of Ngong.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matathia.

Village
is a village in in the western Rift Valley region of . It is located in the Kimende area of Lari Constituency. is situated 5 km southeast of Ngong.

Ngong

Latitude
-1.3666° or 1° 21′ 60″ south
Longitude
36.65° or 36° 39′ east
Population
107,000
Elevation
1,924 metres (6,312 feet)
Open location code
6GCRJMM2+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44924787
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
183595
Wiki­data ID
Q1279716
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Satellite Map

Discover Ngong from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zulu—“Ngong” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ngong”
  • Catalan: “Ngong”
  • Cebuano: “Ngong”
  • Dutch: “Ngong”
  • Finnish: “Ngong (Kenia)”
  • Finnish: “Ngong”
  • French: “Ngong”
  • German: “Ngong”
  • Japanese: “ンゴング”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ngong”
  • Norwegian: “Ngong”
  • Persian: “نگونگ، کنیا”
  • Persian: “نگونگ”
  • Polish: “Ngong”
  • Russian: “Нгонг”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نقونق، کنیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نقونق”
  • Spanish: “Ngong”
  • Swahili: “Ngong, Kenya”
  • Swahili: “Ngong”
  • Swedish: “Ngong”
  • Tumbuka: “Ngong, Kenya”
  • Ukrainian: “Нгонг”
  • Zulu: “Ngong, Khenya”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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