Githurai

Githurai is a village in Nakuru County, Kenya. Githurai is situated nearby to the village Kampi Somali, as well as near Public Works.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Afraha Stadium and Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum.

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.

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. Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum is situated 3 km northeast of Githurai.

Hyrax Hill

Archaeological site

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. Hyrax Hill is situated 3 km northeast of Githurai.

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.

Githurai

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Nakuru County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-0.29535° or 0° 17′ 43″ south

Longitude

36.08464° or 36° 5′ 5″ east

Open location code

6GFRP33M+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9433066514

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

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