Nakuru

Nakuru, sometimes referred to as Nakuru City, is the capital and largest city of Nakuru County, . As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban population of 570,674.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Afraha Stadium and Nakuru Boys High School.

Stadium
The 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.

School
is an all-boys high school in Nakuru, . It is one of the 17 traditional national schools in Kenya that have existed for over 30 years.

Nakuru

Latitude
-0.2803° or 0° 16′ 49″ south
Longitude
36.0712° or 36° 4′ 16″ east
Population
308,000
Elevation
1,802 metres (5,912 feet)
IATA airport code
NUU
United Nations Location Code
KE NUU
Open location code
6GFRP39C+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44925073
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
184622
Wiki­data ID
Q239421
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Nakuru” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Nakuru”
  • Arabic: “ناكورو”
  • Armenian: “Նակուրու”
  • Belarusian: “Накуру (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Накуру”
  • Bengali: “নাকুরু”
  • Breton: “Nakuru”
  • Bulgarian: “Накуру (град)”
  • Bulgarian: “Накуру”
  • Catalan: “Nakuru”
  • Cebuano: “Nakuru”
  • Chinese: “納庫魯”
  • Chinese: “纳库鲁”
  • Croatian: “Nakuru”
  • Czech: “Nakuru”
  • Danish: “Nakuru”
  • Dutch: “Nakuru”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ناكورو”
  • Esperanto: “Nakuru”
  • Estonian: “Nakuru”
  • Finnish: “Nakuru”
  • French: “Nakuru”
  • Georgian: “ნაკურუ”
  • German: “Nakuru”
  • Greek: “Νακούρου”
  • Gujarati: “નાકુરુ”
  • Hebrew: “נקורו”
  • Hindi: “नाकुरु”
  • Hungarian: “Nakuru”
  • Indonesian: “Nakuru”
  • Italian: “Nakuru”
  • Japanese: “ナクル”
  • Kannada: “ನಕುರು”
  • Kikuyu: “Nakuru”
  • Korean: “나쿠루”
  • Latvian: “Nakuru”
  • Lithuanian: “Nakuru”
  • Madurese: “Nakuru”
  • Maori: “Nakuru”
  • Marathi: “नकुरु”
  • Norwegian: “Nakuru”
  • Persian: “ناکورو، کنیا”
  • Persian: “ناکورو”
  • Polish: “Nakuru”
  • Portuguese: “Nakuru”
  • Romanian: “Nakuru”
  • Russian: “Накуру”
  • Serbian: “Nakuru”
  • Serbian: “Накуру”
  • Silesian: “Nakuru”
  • Sinhala: “නාකුරු”
  • Somali: “Nakuru”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ناکورو، کنیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ناکورو”
  • Spanish: “Nakuru”
  • Swahili: “Nakuru”
  • Swedish: “Nakuru”
  • Tagalog: “Nakuru”
  • Tajik: “Накуру”
  • Tamil: “நக்ரு”
  • Telugu: “నాకురు”
  • Thai: “นากูรู”
  • Tumbuka: “Nakuru”
  • Turkish: “Nakuru”
  • Ukrainian: “Накуру”
  • Urdu: “ناکورو”
  • Venetian: “Nakuru”
  • Vietnamese: “Nakuru”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nakuru”
  • Zulu: “Nakuru”
  • “Nakuru”

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