- Kitengela
Kitengela is a
plain in Kenya, located south of capitalNairobi . There is also a town named Kitengela in the area.Close to
Nairobi National Park is also theKitengela Game Conservation Area populated with buffalo, masai giraffe,black rhino , eland,impala , Grant's andThomson's gazelle , common andDefassa waterbuck ,hippopotamus ,warthog ,Olive Baboon ,monkey s and the attendantcarnivore s -lion ,Spotted Hyena ,cheetah ,jackal s,Bat-eared Fox and smaller carnivores.The diversity of species is decreasing in the Kitengela area adjacent to the Nairobi National Park,where land-uses not compatible with wildlife are increasing.
Kitengela town
Kitengela town is located in just south of
Nairobi borders. The town is part of theKajiado District . Kitengela has an urban population of 8378 [http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/html/Urban%20Poverty%20all%20Kenya%20Province%20through%20Location%20Final.xls]Near Kitengela town is the "Maasai Ostrich Park", a fairly popular
tourist destination 7 km off the Nairobi -Arusha road. It is also a place where Jockeys train forOstrich racing [http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/economy/display_article.aspx?ArticleID=1518-25_1849054] . Ostrich races are held at the farm on Sundays and occasionally at theNgong Racecourse in Nairobi.The Athi River town is next to Kitengela, but is part of the
Machakos District in Eastern Province, while Kitengela belongs to Kajiado District in theRift Valley Province .See also
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Isinya , a town located south of KitengelaExternal links
*http://www.scidev.net/content/features/eng/urban-planning-the-maasai-way.cfm
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