Karura Forest
Karura Forest is an urban forest in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It is the second largest urban forest in the world after the Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro located in Brazil. The forest was gazetted in 1932 and is managed by the Kenya Forest Service in conjunction with the Friends of Karura Forest Community Forest Association.
- Forest
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,690 metres (5,540 feet)
- …is also known as “Karura Forest Reserve”
- Description: urban forest in Nairobi, Kenya
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Karura Forest
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Latitude
-1.24024° or 1° 14′ 25″ south
Longitude
36.83127° or 36° 49′ 53″ east
Open location code
6GCRQR5J+WG
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Karura Forest” goes by many names.
Karura ForestBavarian
Utan KaruraBetawi
Bosc de KaruraCatalan
Karura ForestCebuano
غابة كاروراEgyptian Arabic
კარურის ტყეGeorgian
カルーラ・フォレストJapanese
Gozd KaruraSlovenian
Msitu wa KaruraSwahili
Karura ForestSwedish
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