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Nyeri is a town and a district in Kenya about 120km north of the capital Nairobi. It lies at the eastern base of the Aberdare a.k.a. Nyandarua Range that form part of the eastern end of the Great Rift Valley and on the leeward (western) side of Mount Kenya. Nyeri town is the administrative headquarters of Central Province. the population was 98,908 in 1999 (census]. Image File history File links Portal. ... This article is about the Welsh town. ... Northern section of the Great Rift Valley. ... Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya, and the second-highest in Africa (after Mount Kilimanjaro). ... Kenyas Central Province covers the area around Mt. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In the early colonial days Nyeri was a garrison, but it soon burgeoned into a trading centre for the white farmers who produced cattle, wheat and coffee. They also came into town to drink and socialize. The White Rhino Hotel, Outspan Hotel and the Aberdare Country Club at nearby Mweiga are living reminders of the old days.

The local scenery includes Mount Kenya. The main industry is farming. Coffee and tea are the main cash crops and maize is the staple food. There are many tourist destinations nearby. Theatrical scenery is things that are used as setting for a theatrical production. ... Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya, and the second-highest in Africa (after Mount Kilimanjaro). ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... Coffee in beverage form. ... Tea leaves in a teacup. ... In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is grown for money. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ...

The Wajee Nature Park lies just south of the town. It is the burial place of Lord Robert Baden-Powell a hero of the Boer War and the founder of the Scoutingmovement. He once wrote "The nearer to Nyeri the nearer to bliss". Baden-Powell's Paxtu cottage, now a small museum, stands on the grounds of the Outspan Hotel. He and his wife are buried in the town cemetery. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Robert Baden-Powell Wikisource has original text related to this article: Robert Baden-Powell Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell of Gilwell (bayd... It has been suggested that Section (Scouting) be merged into this article or section. ...

A number of renowned people have hailed from Nyeri, most notably Wangari Maathai Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2004, Mwai Kibaki Kenya's third president, Dedan Kimathi, a general in the Mau Mau war against the British colonizers, and Catherine Ndereba Olympic marathon Silver Medalist, four time Boston Marathon winner and multiple time winner of Chicago and other marathons. Wangari Maathai Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1940 in Nyeri) is a Kenyan environmental and political activist. ... The Nobel Peace Prize Medal featuring a portrait of Alfred Nobel The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mwai Kibaki during an official state visit to the United States Mwai Kibaki (born November 15, 1931) is Kenyas third president, an economist, and a political leader. ... Dedan Kimathi was born on October 31, 1920 in Thenge Village Tetu division, Nyeri district. ... The Mau Mau Uprising was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British colonial administration from 1952 to 1960. ... Catherine Ndereba (born: July 31, 1972) is a Kenyan athlete. ...

5km along the road from the site of Baden-Powell's grave is the Mathari Mission settlement, which was constructed by Italian missionaries at the beginning of the 20th Centuary. The mission is home to a number of dwellings, stalls and the Consolatta hospital and School of Nursing. The hospital provides free care to the people of the surrounding area free of charge, and has a private wing for more wealthy patients. It is staffed largely by nuns of the Consolatta order.

External links

• A detailed map of Nyeri and sorroundings
• A good site for brief introduction
• Britannica's discription of Nyeri
• Nyeri discription