Magadi, Kenya

Magadi is located southwest of Nairobi, northeast of Lake Natron in Tanzania (click map to enlarge)

Magadi, Kenya is a town in the Kenya Rift Valley at Lake Magadi, located southwest of Nairobi, in southern Kenya. Magadi is northeast of Lake Natron in Tanzania.^[1]

The general population of Magadi, Kenya is 980 people, and the elevation of Magadi, Kenya is 595 meters (1,952 feet) in altitude.^[2]

Magadi township lies on Lake Magadi's east shore, and is home to the Magadi Soda Company, now owned by Tata India. This factory produces soda ash, which has a range of industrial uses. Magadi is the central town of Magadi division of the Kajiado County.

Magadi has gained organized access to the Internet, and computer usage, through the United Nations Development Programme-Kenya for solar-powered laptop computers, begun in July 2002: by the end of 2003, about 10,000 residents (48%) had visited the five E-Centers for Internet computer access, developed by the UN project.^[3]

Magadi was a filming location for Fernando Meirelles's film The Constant Gardener, which is based on the book of the same name by John le Carré, although in the film, the shots are supposed to be at Lake Turkana, which are actually at Lake Magadi.

Notes

↑ "FOUR DAYS - OLOGASAILE / MAGADI(BEAS 08)" (tour), Government of Kenya, 2006, BreakawayExpedition-Tour.
↑ "Magadi, Kenya Page" (statistics), Falling Rain Genomics, Inc., 2004, FallingRainCom-Magadi.
↑ "Community Solar Powered E-Centers, Magadi, Kenya" (computer access), United Nations Development Programme, 2004, UNDP-Solar-Magadi.

External links

Photo of Great Rift Valley: showing vegetation and desert [full web page from PBase.com].

Great Rift Valley, Kenya

Volcanoes	Barrier Volcano Namarunu Emuruangogolak Silali Paka Korosi Menengai Eburru Olkaria Longonot Suswa

Hills and escarpments	Elgeyo Escarpment Mau Escarpment Nguruman Escarpment Losiolo Escarpment Aberdare Range Ngong Hills Loriu Plateau

Lakes	Turkana Logipi Baringo Bogoria Nakuru Elmenteita Naivasha Magadi Natron

Rivers	Suguta Kerio Molo Ol Arabel Perkerra Waseges Gilgil Malewa Turasha Southern Ewaso Ng'iro

Conservation areas	Kerio Valley National Reserve Lake Baringo National Park Lake Bogoria National Reserve Lake Nakuru National Park Mount Kipipiri Forest Reserve Kigio Wildlife Conservancy Lake Naivasha National Park Hell's Gate National Park Mount Longonot National Park Mount Suswa Conservancy Shompole Conservancy

Urban Centres	Kapedo Kinyang Marigat Nakuru Gilgil Naivasha Magadi

Paleontological and Archeological Sites	Afar Triangle Aiyangiyang Amboseli Karsa Koobi Fora Laetoli Lothagam Olduvai Gorge Rusinga Island

Coordinates: 1°53′S 36°16′E / 1.883°S 36.267°E / -1.883; 36.267

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