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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  • Type: City with 308,000 residents
  • Description: city in Kenya
  • Also known as: “Накуру (горад)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Afraha Stadium and Nakuru Boys High School.

Stadium
The is a multi-purpose stadium in Nakuru, Kenya.

School
is an all-boys high school in Nakuru, .

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
UN/LOCODE
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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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Nakuru” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Nakuru”
  • Arabic: “ناكورو”
  • Armenian: “Նակուրու”
  • 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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