Nairobi County
Nairobi City County is one of the 47 Counties of Kenya and serves as the capital of Kenya. It is the most populous county as of the 2019 census with a population of 4,397,073, yet among the smallest in area at 696.1 km².| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: county of Kenya with 4,400,000 residents
- Description: county in Kenya
- Also known as: “Nairobi Area” and “Nairobi City County”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Museums of Kenya and Nairobi Railway Museum.
National Museums of Kenya
Museum
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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.
Nairobi Railway Museum
Museum
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The Nairobi Railway Museum is a railway museum in Nairobi, Kenya, adjacent to Nairobi railway station. Containing exhibits from the defunct East African Railways, it was opened in 1971 by East African Railways and Harbours Corporation.
Nyayo National Stadium
Stadium
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Nyayo National Stadium is a 18,000-seater multipurpose stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. It is located at the square of Mombasa Road, Langata Road, and the Aerodrome Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nairobi and Korogocho.
Nairobi
Nairobi is the political, as well as financial and media capital of Kenya. A city of 4.8 million inhabitants, it's the largest and fastest growing city in the country and one of Africa's largest cities.
Korogocho
Neighborhood
Korogocho is one of the largest slum neighbourhoods of Nairobi, Kenya. Home to 150,000 to 200,000 people pressed into 1.5 square kilometres, northeast of the city centre, Korogocho was founded as a shanty town on the then outskirts of the city. Korogocho is situated 7 km northeast of Nairobi County.
Pumwani
Suburb
Pumwani is an estate of Nairobi. It is one of the oldest estates in Nairobi's eastlands. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 42,461, a population density of 34,767/km2.
Nairobi County
- Location: Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Nairobi County” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة نايروبي”
- Armenian: “Նայրոբի”
- Asturian: “Condáu de Nairobi”
- Belarusian: “Найробі”
- Bengali: “নাইরোবি”
- Catalan: “Nairobi”
- Cebuano: “Nairobi”
- Chinese: “Nairobi Kūn”
- Chinese: “內羅畢郡”
- Chinese: “内罗毕郡”
- Danish: “Nairobi County”
- Dutch: “Nairobi County”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Najrobio”
- Estonian: “Nairobi maakond”
- Finnish: “Nairobin piirikunta”
- French: “Comté de Nairobi”
- French: “Nairobi”
- German: “Nairobi City County”
- German: “Nairobi County”
- Greek: “Ναϊρόμπι”
- Gujarati: “નૈરોબી કાઉન્ટી”
- Hindi: “नैरोबी काउंटी”
- Indonesian: “County Nairobi”
- Indonesian: “Nairobi County”
- Italian: “Contea di Nairobi”
- Japanese: “ナイロビ (カウンティ)”
- Japanese: “ナイロビ”
- Kannada: “ನೈರೋಬಿ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
- Korean: “나이로비현”
- Latvian: “Nairobi province”
- Lithuanian: “Nairobio sritis”
- Malay: “Nairobi County”
- Marathi: “नैरोबी काउंटी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nairobi Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nairobi fylke”
- Norwegian: “Nairobi fylke”
- Persian: “شهرستان نایروبی”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Nairobi”
- Polish: “Nairobi”
- Portuguese: “Nairobi”
- Russian: “Найроби”
- Sinhala: “නයිරෝබි ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovenian: “Nairobi County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Nairobi”
- Spanish: “Condado de Nairobi”
- Spanish: “Nairobi”
- Swahili: “Kaunti ya Nairobi”
- Swahili: “Nairobi”
- Swedish: “Nairobi County”
- Tamil: “நைரோபி கவுண்டி”
- Telugu: “నైరోబి కౌంటీ”
- Thai: “ไนโรบี”
- Turkish: “Nairobi County”
- Ukrainian: “Округ Найробі”
- Urdu: “نیروبی کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Nairobi”
- Vietnamese: “Hạt Nairobi”
- Vietnamese: “Nairobi”
- Welsh: “Sir Nairobi”
- Zulu: “Nairobi County”
- “Nairobi City County”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kariokor and Muthurwa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nairobi railway station and Stanley Hotel.
Kenya: Must-Visit Destinations
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