Mathare
Mathare is a collection of slums in Nairobi with a population of approximately 500,000 people; the population of Mathare Valley alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people.Photo: Claudio Allia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: suburb
- Also known as: “Mathari”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moi International Sports Centre and Garden City Mall.
Moi International Sports Centre
Sports venue
Photo: Eriksson1904, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Moi International Sports Centre is a multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, Kenya. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games held in Nairobi. The facilities include a 48,063-seat stadium with a running track and a pitch used for football and rugby union, a competition size swimming pool, an indoor arena and a 108-bed capacity hotel. Moi International Sports Centre is situated 2½ km north of Mathare.
Garden City Mall
Shopping center
Garden City Mall is a shopping centre located in Kasarani in Nairobi, Kenya. With 33,500 m² of gross retail space, it is the second largest shopping centre in Kenya. Garden City Mall is situated 3 km northwest of Mathare.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dandora and Korogocho.
Dandora
Suburb
Dandora is a neighbourhood in Kenya's capital and largest city, Nairobi. It is part of the Embakasi division. Dandora was established in 1977, with partial financing from the World Bank to provide a higher standard of housing.
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.
Kariobangi
Suburb
Kariobangi is a low-income residential estate in northeastern Nairobi. It consists of both apartments and slum-type dwellings. The name Kariobangi is believed to have come from an English phrase "Carry your bags" that was used by a white settler during the colonial period, that African natives mispronounced.
Mathare
- Categories: suburb and body of water
- Location: Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Mathare” goes by many names.
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