Kibera

Kibera is a division and neighbourhood of , , 6.6 kilometres from the city centre. Kibera is the largest and most studied slum in Nairobi, and also the largest urban slum in all of Africa.
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  • Suburb
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,790 metres (5,890 feet)
  • Description: Largest neighborhood in Nairobi
  • Also known as
    “Kibera Estate”
    “Kibera Special Settlement Area”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nairobi Wilson Airport and Kenyatta National Hospital.
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Wilson Airport is an in , . is situated 3 km southeast of Kibera.
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The is the oldest hospital…
The Nairobi Women's Hospital is a for-profit hospital in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laini Saba and Woodley.
is a slum of , the capital of .
is a residential neighbourhood in the city of .
is a commercial and residential neighbourhood in the city of .

Kibera

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Latitude
-1.31133° or 1° 18′ 41″ south
Longitude
36.789° or 36° 47′ 20″ east
Open location code
6GCRMQQQ+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11007276790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
192495
Wiki­data ID
Q579521

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kibera” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيبيرا”
  • Armenian: “Կիբերա”
  • Asturian: “Kibera”
  • Bulgarian: “Кибера”
  • Catalan: “Kibera”
  • Cebuano: “Kibera”
  • Chechen: “Кибера”
  • Chinese: “基贝拉”
  • Chinese: “基贝拉贫民窟”
  • Czech: “Kibera”
  • Danish: “Kibera”
  • Dutch: “Kibera”
  • Finnish: “Kibera”
  • French: “Kibera”
  • Galician: “Kibera”
  • Georgian: “კიბერა”
  • German: “Kibera”
  • Indonesian: “Kibera”
  • Italian: “Kibera”
  • Japanese: “キベラ”
  • Korean: “키베라”
  • Lithuanian: “Kibera”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kibera”
  • Norwegian: “Kibera”
  • Polish: “Kibera”
  • Portuguese: “Kibera”
  • Portuguese: “Quibera”
  • Russian: “Кибера”
  • Serbian: “Кибера”
  • Slovenian: “Kibera”
  • Spanish: “Kibera”
  • Sundanese: “Kibera”
  • Swahili: “Kibera”
  • Swedish: “Kibera”
  • Ukrainian: “Кібера”
  • Vietnamese: “Kibera”

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