Eldama Ravine (KE)
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Eldama Ravine is a Kenyan town a few miles north of the equator. It was established as an administrative point by British colonialists and later served as a transit route for lumber harvested from surrounding forests. The Eldama Ravine was first known as Shimoni due to the presence of a narrow ravine through which the Eldama Ravine River flows. Eldama, the non-English part of the name, is derived from the Maasai word ‘eldama’, which means narrow gorge. The town was established by Nubians who worked as soldiers and transporters for the British IBEA in 1887. It became the headquarters of the Naivasha province, then under the Uganda Protectorate
