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the Kenyan city

Nakuru County is a county in Kenya. It is county number 32 out of the 47 Kenyan counties. Nakuru County is a host to Kenya's Fourth City – Nakuru City. On 1 December 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta awarded a City Charter status to Nakuru, ranking it with Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu as the cities in Kenya. With a population of 2,162,202

Nakuru County is home to Lake Nakuru, Lake Elmenteita and Lake Naivasha, which are some of the Rift Valley soda lakes. Lake Nakuru is best known for its thousands, sometimes millions of flamingoes nesting along the shores. The surface of the shallow lake is often hardly recognizable due to the continually shifting mass of pink. The number of flamingos on the lake varies with water and food conditions and the best vantage point is from Baboon Cliff. Also of interest, an area of 188 km around the lake fenced off as a sanctuary to protect Rothschild giraffe and black rhinos. Other sites of interest around Nakuru include Menengai Crater, an extinct volcano 2,490 m (8,167 ft) high, and the Nakuru National Park which is a wildlife zone. The views of the crater itself, as well as the surrounding countryside, are spectacular. Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site, discovered by the Leakeys in 1926, is considered a major Neolithic and Iron Age site. The adjoining museum features are from various nearby excavations. The second largest surviving volcanic crater in the world, the Menengai Crater is 2500 meters above sea level at its highest point. The crater plunges 500 m down from the rim and the summit is accessible by foot or vehicle 8 km from the main road. The mountain is also surrounded by a nature reserve. The Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology is a tourist attraction. It is a giant institute established in 1979 by the leaders and people of Rift Valley.

Surrounding towns include Lanet, which lies approximately 10 km from Nakuru. Lanet is predominantly a residential town and is home to an army base. Njoro is another urban town that lies 20 km in the outskirts of Nakuru, and is a small agricultural town with a local university aimed at promoting agricultural development in Kenya, namely Egerton University (est. 1934). Naivasha is another major significant urban Centre in Nakuru County, which sits at the floor of the Great Rift Valley and serves as a major transit of goods. Travelers passing through Naivasha usually make stopovers along the Naivasha – Nakuru Highway to enjoy the beautiful and scenic escarpments of the Great Rift Valley.

Town Type Population (2009) Rank in Kenya (Population Size) Nakuru Municipality 307,990 4Naivasha Municipality 169,142 9Molo Town 40,651 60Gilgil Town 35,293 69Njoro Town 23,551 82Mai Mahiu Town 11,230 112Subukia Town 7,309 139Dundori Town 5,221 166Salgaa Town 4,740 174Mau Narok Town 4,357 178Bahati Town 3,833 184Rongai Town 2,215 213Olenguruone Town 2,119 214 2009 census. Source:

+ Administrative divisionsDivision Population*Urban pop. *Headquarters Bahati 143,714 6,018 Dundori Elburgon 65,314 23,881 Elburgon Gilgil 91,929 18,805 Gilgil Kamara 42,281 1,452 Mau Summit Keringet 59,863 953 Keringet Kuresoi 40,924 0 Lare 27,727 0 Mauche 15,391 0 Mau Narok 29,916 3,321 Mau Narok Mbogoini 59,510 228 Subukia Molo 31,935 17,188 Molo Naivasha 158,679 36,023 Naivasha Nakuru Municipal 231,262 212,162 Nakuru Njoro 79,123 15,635 Njoro Olenguruone 32,030 509 Olenguruone Rongai 77,441 2,163 Rongai Total 1,187,039 338,338 1999 census. Sources:

The Nakuru County Peace Accord (or "Rift Valley Peace Accord") refers to the peace agreement signed on 19 August 2012 between elders of the Agikuyu (see also Kikuyu) and Kalenjin communities as well as other ethnic groups of Kenya. which was designed to address sources of ethnic conflict and a history of violence in the rift valley region of Kenya. It was signed following a 16 month long peace process led by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission and the National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management