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  2. Nairobi National Park - Wikipedia

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    Kenya Wildlife Service. Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya that was established in 1946 about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Nairobi. It is fenced on three sides, whereas the open southern boundary allows migrating wildlife to move between the park and the adjacent Kitengela plains.

  3. Uhuru Park - Wikipedia

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    Uhuru Park is a 12.9 hectare (32 acre) recreational park adjacent to the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya. It was opened to the general public by the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta on 23 May 1969. It contains an artificial lake, several national monuments, and an assembly ground which has become a popular skateboarding spot on weekends and ...

  4. Hell's Gate National Park - Wikipedia

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    Hell's Gate National Park. /  0.91583°S 36.31333°E  / -0.91583; 36.31333. Hell's Gate National Park lies south of Lake Naivasha in Kenya, north west of Nairobi. Hell's Gate National Park is named after a narrow break in the cliffs, once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley. It was established in 1984.

  5. Samburu National Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Mount Ololokwe (in the reserve) The Samburu National Reserve is a game reserve on the banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro river in Kenya. On the other side of the river is the Buffalo Springs National Reserve. The park is 165 km² in size and is situated 350 kilometers from Nairobi. It ranges in altitude from 800 to 1230 m above sea level. [1]

  6. Aberdare National Park - Wikipedia

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    The park is located about 100 km north of Nairobi and stretches over a wide variety of terrain at elevations from 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) to 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). Established in May 1950, the Aberdare National Park covers an area of 766 square kilometers and forms part of the Aberdare Mountain Range.

  7. Kenya Wildlife Service - Wikipedia

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    Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is a state corporation under the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife established by an act of Parliament; Wildlife Conservation and Management Act CAP 376, of 1989, now repealed and replaced by the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013. At independence, the Government of Kenya committed itself to conserving ...

  8. Multimedia University of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .mmu .ac .ke. The Multimedia University of Kenya ( MMU) is a public university located in Nairobi. [1] The university offers IT & related courses , Mass media, Business, Engineering, Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) and Social sciences education.

  9. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - Wikipedia

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    On 7 December 2020, a rail link to central Nairobi went into operation. Accidents and incidents. On 20 November 1974, Lufthansa Flight 540, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-130, D-ABYB, LH 540, "Hessen" (German state), delivered 1970, crashed on takeoff from runway 24 in Nairobi killing 59 of the 157 on board. The aircraft was on a flight from Frankfurt ...