Nakuru County

Nakuru County (until 2010 Nakuru District ) is a county in the Kenyan Rift Valley Province. The capital of the county is Nakuru. With 1,603,325 inhabitants ( 2009) it is, in terms of population, to Nairobi 's second largest county in the country. Nakuru County has an area of ​​7509.5 km ². The region is dominated by agriculture. Neighboring towns are Lanet and Njoro. Lanet is about 10 km and consists mainly of a residential area and a military base. The 20 km away Njoro is a small town with an agricultural college. Local attractions include the Lake Nakuru in Lake Nakuru National Park and the Menengai Crater, an extinct volcano, which is 2,490 m high.