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'''Kajiado''' is a town in the [[Rift Valley Province]], [[Kenya]].<ref>http://www.kajiado-district-dev-trust.org.uk/kajiado.htm</ref> The town is located south of [[Nairobi]], along the Nairobi – [[Arusha]] highway. Kajiado has an urban population of 8128 (1999 census) [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf]. Local people are predominantly of the [[Maasai]] tribe.▼
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▲'''Kajiado''' is a town in
Kajiado is headquarters to the [[Kajiado District]].▼
The name "Kajiado" comes from the word "Orkejuado." Which means "The Long River" in Maasai language. The seasonal river named after the town runs west of the town. ▼
▲The name "Kajiado" comes from the word "
The original name for Kajiado was "Olopurupurana", which means "a round elevation." ▼
== Transport ==
Kajiado has a station on the Magadi Soda Railway line which runs from Konza (on the Nairobi-Mombasa line) to [[Magadi, Kenya|Magadi]].
== See also ==
* [[Railway stations in Kenya]]
* [[Chamness Lake]]
* [[Anglo-Maasai Treaty (1904)]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* http://www.kajiado
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011333/http://www.kajiado-district-dev-trust.org.uk/kajiado.htm
* https://www.hope4kajiado.org
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