Nyahururu | |
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Town | |
 Thomson's Falls in Nyahururu. | |
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| Country |  Kenya |
| County | Laikipia County |
| Nyahururu Sub County | 58,943 [1] |
| Elevation | 2,303 m (7,556 ft) |
| Website | http://www.nyahururu.net/ |
Nyahururu (formerly known as Thomson Falls) is a town in Kenya, lying north east of Nakuru. The town derives its name from the Maasai word e-naiwurruwurr, meaning waterfall and/or windy or place of storms.[2] It is located in Laikipia County. Despite this, Nyahururu formerly functioned as the administrative capital of Nyandarua District, before it became a county, until the headquarters was shifted to Ol Kalou. There have been calls for a reversal.[3] The town has an urban population of 36,450.[4] The town still continues to be a central economic power of the immediate former district of Nyandarua. For that reason, the town has strong economic ties to the two counties.
- ^ Laikipia County Government (2014) First County Integrated Development Plan 2013-2017 Government of Kenya
- ^ "How the Maasai labelled most of Kenya". The Standard. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ [1][usurped]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
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