Kijabe is a town in Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. Its name is Maasai

Maasai language

The Maasai language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering about 800,000...

 for "Place of the Wind". It stands on the edge of the Great Rift Valley

Great Rift Valley

The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately in length, that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa...

 at an altitude of 2200m, some 50 kilometres north-west of Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

. Kijabe is located in the Lari division of Kiambu District

Kiambu District

Kiambu District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kiambu. The district is adjacent to the northern border of Nairobi and has a population of 744,010....

. Kijabe has a population 17,334 (1999 census, total population of Kijabe location) http://www.worldbank.org/research/povertymaps/kenya/ch5.3.1.pdf. Kijabe has a railway station along the Uganda Railway

Uganda Railway

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. The town is located between Limuru

Limuru

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 and Naivasha

Naivasha

Naivasha is a market town in Rift Valley Province, Kenya, lying north west of Nairobi. It is located on the shore of Lake Naivasha and along the Nairobi - Nakuru highway and Uganda Railway.Naivasha is part of the Nakuru District...

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There are actually two places called Kijabe. Kijabe Town is located approximately 2km north-west of Kijabe Mission Station. Kijabe Town is the closest settlement to the Railway Station of the same name and is a community of small land holders. Kijabe mission station

Mission Station

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 is the home of Kijabe Hospital,CURE Hospital Moffatt Bible College, and Rift Valley Academy

Rift Valley Academy

Rift Valley Academy is a Christian boarding school located in Kijabe, Kenya, founded in 1906 by Charles Hurlburt.-Early years:Having met with Hurlburt in the White House in 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt visited Kijabe shortly after leaving office four years later...

, a school for children of missionaries established in 1906 and Kijabe Guesthouse.

External links

• http://www.kijabe.org
• http://www.kijabe.com/
• http://www.kijabeguesthouse.org