- ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK
- AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
- LAKE BOGORIA NATIONAL RESERVE
- LAKE ELMENTEITA
- LAKE NAIVASHA
- LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
- MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
- MERU NATIONAL PARK
- MOMBASA
- MOUNT KENYA
- NAIROBI CITY
- SAMBURU
- SERA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY
- THE OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY
- TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK
- TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK
Nairobi City
Nairobi City
The word Nairobi derives from a water hole known in Maasai (an Eastern Nilotic language) as Enkare Nyirobi, which means "cool waters." Nairobi, which was a swamp area, was founded in 1899 and was first a railway camp for the Uganda Railway.
The city became Kenyas capital, which was Mombasa initially, and it also became the capital of the British East Africa Protectorate in 1905. With the spread of plagues in the early 1900s, the town was burnt down and had to be rebuilt. Having a railroad system in the system helped it to have drastic growth, becoming the second largest city in Kenya behind Mombasa.
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