Naivasha is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya, about 93 kilometers northwest of Nairobi, on the shores of Lake Naivasha from which it takes its name. The town's population grew roughly seventeenfold from 1969 to reach 355,383 at the 2019 census. The name Naivasha comes from the Maasai word enaiposha, meaning water that heaves with waves, a term for a body of water large enough to develop whitecaps in the wind; the English name is a colonial era approximation of the Maasai pronunciation.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Naivasha (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 14,563 (1999)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -0.716667, longitude 36.433333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 2085 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 14563 (1999)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at -0.7167,36.4333
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 1905.0
3. Naivasha (Wikipedia)
Lead, location
Naivasha () is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya, 92.8 km (57.7 mi) north west of Nairobi.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.75, 36.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.75, 36.25
-0.75 36.25 Cfb
5. GeoNames: Naivasha - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 184707Quote, cities500 record 184707
-0.71383 36.43261 P PPL KE 39 198444 1902 Africa/Nairobi
Wikidata: Naivasha
Wikidata Q1007647, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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