Hyrax Hill
Hyrax Hill is a prehistoric site near Nakuru in the Rift Valley province of Kenya. It is a rocky spur roughly half a kilometer in length, with an elevation of 1,900 meters above sea level at its summit.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum and Nakuru Boys High School.
Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum
Museum
The Hyrax Hill site was proclaimed a national monument in 1945 and opened to the public in 1965. This was as a result of startling discoveries of relics by Mrs.
Nakuru Boys High School
School
Nakuru Boys High School is an all-boys high school in Nakuru, Kenya. It is one of the 17 traditional national schools in Kenya that have existed for over 30 years. Nakuru Boys High School is situated 1¼ km west of Hyrax Hill.
Afraha Stadium
Stadium
The Afraha Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nakuru, Kenya. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Nakuru AllStars of the Kenyan Premier League and Ulinzi Stars of the Kenyan Premier League. Afraha Stadium is situated 4 km southwest of Hyrax Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nakuru.
Nakuru
Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
Nakuru, sometimes referred to as Nakuru City, is the capital city of Nakuru County, Kenya. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban population of 570,674. The city lies along the Nairobi–Nakuru Highway, 160 kilometres from Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya.
Hyrax Hill
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nakuru County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.27937° or 0° 16′ 46″ southLongitude
36.10559° or 36° 6′ 20″ eastOpen location code
6GFRP4C4+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 2388448118OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1641561
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swahili—“Hyrax Hill” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Turó d’Hirax”
- Dutch: “Hyrax Hill”
- French: “Hyrax Hill”
- French: “site archéologique au Kenya”
- German: “Hyrax Hill”
- Japanese: “岩狸丘陵”
- Spanish: “Hyrax Hill”
- Swahili: “Kilima cha Hyrax”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include P.C.E.A Neema and Site I Late Iron age settlement.
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