Nanyuki

Nanyuki
Town
Nanyuki main street
Nanyuki Location in Kenya
Coordinates: 0°01′N 37°04′E / 0.017°N 37.067°E / 0.017; 37.067
Country	Kenya
County	Laikipia County
Government
• Governor	Joshua Irungu
Population  (2019)
• Total	72,813

Nanyuki is a market town in Laikipia County of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. The name is derived from Enyaanyukie Maasai word for resemblance.

It is situated just north of the Equator (0° 01' North). In 1907, British immigrants settled in Nanyuki, some of whose descendants still live in and around the town. Nanyuki is currently the main airfield (airbase) of the Kenya Air Force. The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), has a base at Nyati Barracks. It conducts infantry exercises in Laikipia and on Kenyan Ministry of Defense land at Archer's Post.