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Nanyuki is a market town in Laikipia County of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. It is situated just north of the Equator (0° 01' North). It was founded in 1907 by British settlers, some of whose descendants still live in and around the town. Nanyuki is currently the main airbase of the Kenya Air Force. The British Army also keeps a base at The Nanyuki Show Ground (NSG) from where it conducts yearly desert and jungle training exercises on the mountain and in the arid areas to the north.
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==See also==


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* [[Makindu Gurdwara: A Traveller’s Paradise]]
* [[Makindu Gurdwara:In the News]]
* [[Gurdwara Sahib (Thika)]]
* [[Gurdwaras in Africa]]
* [[Guru Nanak Council of Zambia]]
* [[Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (Kericho)]]
* [[Makindu Sikh Temple]]
* [[Nanaksar Satsang Sabha, Nairobi]]
* [[Ramgharia Sikh Temple Pangani, Nairobi]]
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* [[Gurdwaras in East Africa]]
* [[Sikh Temple Landia]]
* [[Sikh Temple, Kericho]]
* [[Sikh Temple, Nakuru]]
* [[Sikh Temple, Nyeri]]
* [[Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Mombasa]]
* [[Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Nairobi]]
* [[Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Port Louis]]
* [[Sri Gurdwara Bazar, Juja Road, Nairobi]]
|}


[[Category:Gurdwaras in Africa]]
[[Category:Gurdwaras in Africa]]
[[Category:Gurdwaras in Kenya]]

Latest revision as of 13:39, 31 August 2014

Nanyuki is a market town in Laikipia County of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. It is situated just north of the Equator (0° 01' North). It was founded in 1907 by British settlers, some of whose descendants still live in and around the town. Nanyuki is currently the main airbase of the Kenya Air Force. The British Army also keeps a base at The Nanyuki Show Ground (NSG) from where it conducts yearly desert and jungle training exercises on the mountain and in the arid areas to the north.

See also