Westlands
Westlands is a mixed-use neighbourhood in Upper Parklands in Nairobi. Located 3.0 kilometres from Nairobi's central business district, it sits on the westerly areas of the larger Parklands area of Nairobi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: affluent neighbourhood and administrative division in Nairobi, Kenya
- Also known as: “Westlands, Nairobi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Westgate and National Museums of Kenya.
Westgate
Shopping center
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westgate Shopping Mall is an upscale shopping mall located in the Westlands division of Nairobi, Kenya. It was first opened in 2007.
National Museums of Kenya
Museum
Photo: Krg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Museums of Kenya is a state corporation that manages museums, sites and monuments in Kenya. It carries out heritage research, and has expertise in subjects ranging from palaeontology, archeology, ethnography and biodiversity research and conservation.
Novotel Nairobi Westlands
Hotel
Photo: Samwilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Novotel Nairobi Westlands is a hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parklands and Highridge.
Parklands
Suburb
Parklands is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. It is divided into numbered avenues. The name arises from the proximity of the area to City Park, Nairobi.
Highridge
Suburb
Highridge is a residential estate in Nairobi, located in the northern parts of the larger Parklands estate. Administratively, Highridge is a subdivision of the Westlands division of Nairobi.
Kileleshwa
Suburb
Kileleshwa is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is located approximately 5.2 kilometres from Nairobi's central business district. The neighbourhood was originally a low-density leafy suburb but after a change in zoning regulations in the early 2000s, there has been significant mushrooming of high-rise flats in the area.
Westlands
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-1.26476° or 1° 15′ 53″ southLongitude
36.80184° or 36° 48′ 7″ eastElevation
1,730 metres (5,676 feet)Open location code
6GCRPRP2+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 30121815OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Westlands” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Westland区域”
- Chinese: “Westland區域”
- Chinese: “西地”
- Dutch: “Westlands”
- Esperanto: “Uestlando”
- French: “Westlands”
- Irish: “Westlands”
- Japanese: “ウェストランズ”
- Madurese: “Wetlands, Nairobi”
- Swahili: “Westlands”
- Swedish: “Westlands”
- Turkish: “Westlands, Nairobi”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ لینڈز، نیروبی”
- Vietnamese: “Westlands, Nairobi”
- Vietnamese: “Westlands”
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Highlights include Council of Governors and The Mall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Westlands”. Photo: Nairobi123, CC BY-SA 4.0.