Nakuru

Nakuru is a railway station in Nakuru County, Kenya. Nakuru is situated nearby to the marketplace Town Market, as well as near the bus station Matatu Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Afraha Stadium is situated 1½ km south of Nakuru.

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 east of Nakuru.

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 east of Nakuru.

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.

Nakuru

Type: Railway station
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Nakuru County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-0.28345° or 0° 17′ 0″ south

Longitude

36.07754° or 36° 4′ 39″ east

Open location code

6GFRP38H+J2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 964767963

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

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