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{{Use Kenyan English|date=January 2023}}
{{Distinguish|Kajiado County}}
{{About|the town}}
 
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|official_name = Kajiado
|other_name = olkeju ado
|native_name = olkeju <!-- for citiesado whose native name is not in English -->
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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.
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* [[Railway stations in Kenya]]
* [[Chamness Lake]]
* [[Anglo-Maasai Treaty (1904)]]
 
== References ==
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