Nakuru County is located in Kenya. It is number 32 out of the 47 Kenyan counties. Nakuru is a host to Kenya's Fourth City – Nakuru City, whereby it was awarded a City Charter on 1 December 2021, by President Uhuru Kenyatta, ranking it with Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu, as the other big cities in Kenya. With a population of 453,000 as per 2025 census, it is the third most populous county in Kenya after Nairobi County and Kiambu County, in that order. With an area of 7,496.5 km, it is Kenya's 19th largest county in size. Until 21 August 2010, it formed part of Rift Valley Province.
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Nairobi County in the context of Nairobi–Nakuru–Mau Summit Highway
The Nairobi–Nakuru–Mau Summit Highway is a road in Kenya, connecting the capital city of Nairobi, in Nairobi County, with the towns of Naivasha, Nakuru and Mau Summit, in Nakuru County.