Magadi, Kenya

[1] The general population of Magadi, Kenya is 980 people, with an elevation of 595 meters (1,952 feet).

This factory produces soda ash, which has a range of industrial uses.

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.

[3] Magadi was a filming location for Fernando Meirelles's film The Constant Gardener, which is based on the 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.

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Magadi is located southwest of Nairobi , northeast of Lake Natron in Tanzania (click map to enlarge)