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{{Use Kenyan English|date=January 2023}}
{{Distinguish|Kajiado County}}
{{About|the town}}
 
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'''Kajiado''' is a town in [[Kajiado County]], [[Kenya]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kajiado-district-dev-trust.org.uk/kajiado.htm |title=ArchivedKajiado copyDistrict Information |access-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011333/http://www.kajiado-district-dev-trust.org.uk/kajiado.htm |archive-date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> The town is located {{convert|80|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} south of [[Nairobi]], along the Nairobi – [[Arusha]] highway ([[A104 road (Kenya)|A104 road]]). Kajiado has an urban population of 24,678 (2019 census).<ref name =Census2019/> Local people are predominantly of the [[Maasai people|Maasai]] tribe.
 
Kajiado is the headquarters forof [[Kajiado County]].
 
The name "Kajiado" comes from the word "Olkeju-ado." Which means "The Long River" in the Maasai language. The seasonal river named after the town runs from West to the East of the town.
 
The original name for Kajiado was "Olpurapurana", which means "a round elevation.".
 
== Transport ==
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* [[Railway stations in Kenya]]
* [[Chamness Lake]]
* [[Anglo-Maasai Treaty (1904)]]
 
== References ==
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