Solai is a town in Nakuru District

Nakuru District

Nakuru District is a district in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. The district capital is Nakuru. With a population of 1,187,039 , it is the second largest district in Kenya after Nairobi. Nakuru District has an area of 7,242 km²....

, Rift Valley Province, 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...

. It is located about thirty kilometers north of the district capital, Nakuru

Nakuru

Nakuru, the provincial capital of Kenya's Rift Valley province, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants, and currently the fourth largest urban centre in the country, lies about 1850 m above sea level...

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Administratively, Solai is a location

Locations of Kenya

||Locations are a type of administrative region in Kenya. Location are a fourth level subdivision below Provinces, Districts and Divisions. Locations are further subdivided into Sub-locations . As of 1999 census there were 2,427 locations and 6,612 sublocations in Kenya .Each division in Kenya is...

 in Bahati division of Nakuru District. Solai location has a population of 35,949 . Solai is also an electoral ward in Rongai Constituency

Rongai Constituency

Rongai Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Nakuru District. The constituency has eight wards, all electing councillors for the Nakuru County Council...

and Nakuru County Council
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Elevation = 1952m.

Transport

Solai is the terminus of a branch railway coming from Rongai, which has been disused for over 30 years. About 25 % of this railway line have been vandalized by now, with increases over the last years. As of lately, KRC and railway police have themselves dismantled and carried away tracks and sleepers for "safe storage".

External links

• MSN Map