🇰🇪 Kenia
Naivasha
Naivasha is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya, 92.8 km (57.7 mi) north west of Nairobi. From 1969, the population expanded by a factor of 17 times to over 355,383 at the 2019 census. It is situated on the shores of Lake Naivasha, from which it takes its name. The name Naivasha derives from the local Maasai word ɛnaɨpɔ́sha, meaning "that which heaves", a common Maasai word for bodies of water larger enough to have wave action when it is windy or stormy. Naivasha arose as the British attempted to pronounce the Maasai name. Literally, Lake Naivasha means "Lake Lake" and Naivasha Town means "Lake Town".
- Country
- 🇰🇪 Kenia
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 198,444
- Time zone
- Africa/Nairobi
- Coordinates
- -0.71, 36.43
How far Naivasha is from other cities in Kenia
- Nakuru60 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 1 h
- Karuri63 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 3 min
- Kikuyu64 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 4 min
- Ruiru76 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 16 min
- Nairobi76 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 16 min
- Thika79 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 19 min
- Ongata Rongai84 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 24 min
- Mwala134 km✈ 55 min · 🚗 2 h 14 min
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