Ngong (Kenya)
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| county | Kajiado County | ||
| Residents (state) | 102,323 pop (2019) | ||
| height | 1961 m | ||
| Coordinates | 1 ° 22 ′ S , 36 ° 38 ′ E | ||
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Ngong is a city of about 102,300 people in Kajiado County , Kenya . Ngong is located on the Ngong Mountains , which Karen Blixen described in her book Out of Africa . Denys Finch Hatton's grave is located near Ngong .
Ngong is the Maasai word for "ankle".
In 1986/1987 the Otieno case , in which a planned funeral in Ngong led to a legal battle, caused a stir.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ngong (Kajiado, Rift Valley, Kenya) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Godfrey Mwakikagile: Kenya: Identity of a Nation ; New Africa Press, 2007; ISBN 978-0-9802587-9-0 ; here online at books.google, accessed on December 6, 2009.
- ↑ David William Cohen, ES Atieno Odhiambo: Who buries SM? , Literatur-Verlag Münster, 1992, here online at books.google