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Nakuru is a city in the Southern Rift Valley region of Kenya. Nakuru is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It currently serves as the capital of Nakuru County, and formerly as the capital of Rift Valley Province. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban and rural population of 570,674 inhabitants, making it the largest urban center in the Rift Valley, with Eldoret in Uasin Gishu County following closely behind. It lies about 1,850 m above sea level.
The city lies along the Nairobi Nakuru Highway, a distance of 107.7 kilometers from the capital Nairobi. It is also the fourth largest city in Kenya behind Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu respectively.
Nicknames for the city include Nax or Naxar (from Naxareth, derived from Nazareth), and Nax Vegas (derived from Las Vegas).