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{{Short description|Town in Kenya}}
{{Use Kenyan English|date=January 2023}}
[[Image:Kenya-relief-map-towns.jpg|thumb|250px|right| Magadi is located southwest of [[Nairobi]], northeast of [[Lake Natron]] in [[Tanzania]] (click map to enlarge)]]
'''Magadi, Kenya''' is a town in the [[Kenya Rift Valley]] at [[Lake Magadi]], located southwest of [[Nairobi]], in southern [[Kenya]]. Magadi is northeast of [[Lake Natron]] in [[Tanzania]].<ref>"FOUR DAYS - OLOGASAILE / MAGADI(BEAS 08)" (tour), Government of Kenya, 2006, [http://www.breakawayexpedition.com/beas08.htm BreakawayExpedition-Tour].</ref>It takes about 2.5 hours to drive from Nairobi to Magadi. 

The general population of Magadi, Kenya is 980 people, with an elevation of {{convert|595|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}.<ref>"Magadi, Kenya Page" (statistics), Falling Rain Genomics, Inc., 2004, [https://www.fallingrain.com/world/KE/08/Magadi.html FallingRainCom-Magadi].</ref>

Magadi township lies on [[Lake Magadi]]'s east shore, and is home to the [[Magadi Soda Company]], now owned by [[Tata Group|Tata India]]. This factory produces soda ash, which has a range of industrial uses. Magadi is the central town of Magadi division in [[Kajiado County]].

Magadi has gained organized access to the Internet, and computer usage, through the [[United Nations Development Programme]]-Kenya for solar-powered laptop computers, begun in July 2002: by the end of 2003, about 10,000 residents (48%) had visited the five E-Centers for Internet computer access, developed by the [[UN]] project.<ref>"Community Solar Powered E-Centers, Magadi, Kenya" (computer access), [[United Nations Development Programme]], 2004,  [http://www.ke.undp.org/GEF-SGP/Solar%20Magadi/main.htm UNDP-Solar-Magadi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050421194437/http://www.ke.undp.org/GEF-SGP/Solar%20Magadi/main.htm |date=2005-04-21 }}.</ref>

Magadi was a filming location for [[Fernando Meirelles]]'s film ''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]'', which is based on the [[The Constant Gardener|book of the same name]] by [[John le Carré]], although in the film, the shots are supposed to be at [[Lake Turkana]], which are actually at [[Lake Magadi]].

== Tourism ==
Tourists visiting Kenya can visit Magadi and the lake by motorbike. Together with a guide, on the back of a [[boda boda]], they can explore the dusty terrain surrounding the lake. Most tourists decide to spend the night in this vast landscape. Even though it is unusual, some wild animals can be spotted here. 

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/image/36378688 Photo of Great Rift Valley]: showing vegetation and desert [full web page from PBase.com].

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[[Category:Populated places in Kajiado County]]


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