Naivasha

Naivasha is a city in , 90 km northwest of Nairobi on Lake Naivasha. The lake is the area's main tourist attraction though visitors also come to observe wildlife.
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Naivasha

Latitude
-0.7224° or 0° 43′ 21″ south
Longitude
36.4388° or 36° 26′ 20″ east
Population
14,600
Elevation
1,902 metres (6,240 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KE RNA
Open location code
6GFR7CHQ+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44925060
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
184707
Wiki­data ID
Q1007647
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Naivasha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نايفاشا
  • Asturian: Naivasha
  • Bavarian: Naivasha
  • Bulgarian: Наиваша
  • Catalan: Naivasha
  • Cebuano: Naivasha
  • Chinese: 奈瓦沙
  • Czech: Naivasha
  • Danish: Naivasha
  • Dutch: Naivasha
  • Egyptian Arabic: نايفاشا
  • Esperanto: Najvaŝo
  • Finnish: Naivasha
  • French: Naivasha
  • Georgian: ნაივაშა
  • German: Naivasha
  • Hausa: Naivasha
  • Hungarian: Naivasha
  • Indonesian: Naivasha
  • Italian: Naivasha
  • Japanese: ナイバシャ
  • Korean: 나이바샤
  • Lithuanian: Naivaša
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Naivasha
  • Norwegian: Naivasha
  • Persian: نایواشا، کنیا
  • Persian: نایواشا
  • Polish: Naivasha
  • Portuguese: Naivasha
  • Romanian: Naivasha
  • Russian: Найваша
  • South Azerbaijani: نایواشا، کنیا
  • South Azerbaijani: نایواشا
  • Spanish: Naivasha
  • Swahili: Naivasha
  • Swedish: Naivasha (ort i Kenya)
  • Swedish: Naivasha
  • Tumbuka: Naivasha, Kenya
  • Tumbuka: Naivasha
  • Ukrainian: Найваша
  • Urdu: نایواشا
  • Vietnamese: Naivasha
  • Zulu: Naivasha

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