Karen
Karen is a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, lying south-west of Nairobi's central business district. The suburb of Karen borders the Ngong Forest and is home to the Ngong Racecourse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: affluent suburb of Nairobi in Kenya
- Also known as: “Karen, Kenya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Hub Karen and Karen Blixen Museum.
The Hub Karen
Shopping center
The Hub Karen is a shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenya that was opened on 4 February 2016. It is located in the affluent Karen suburb of Nairobi. It hosts both international and local retailers.
Karen Blixen Museum
Museum
Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Karen Blixen Museum, located 10 km outside of Nairobi, Kenya, "at the foot of the Ngong Hills", is the former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her 1937 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate. Karen Blixen Museum is situated 3 km south of Karen.
Karen Hospital
Hospital
The Karen Hospital is a private, multi-specialty hospital located in the Karen suburb of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city. The hospital has an in-patient bed capacity of 102. Karen Hospital is situated 2½ km east of Karen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waithaka and Kagondo.
Waithaka
Village
Waithaka is a settlement in Nairobi. Located within the Dagoretti area, it is approximately 11 km west of Nairobi central business district. It borders near Mutuini. Waithaka is situated 5 km north of Karen.
Kagondo
Village
The Central Province was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. It covered an area of 11,449 km2 and was located to the north of Nairobi and west of Mount Kenya. Kagondo is situated 7 km north of Karen.
Ngong
Town
Photo: Rotsee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ngong is a town near the Ngong Hills along the Great Rift Valley within Kajiado County, located in the southwest of Nairobi, in southern Kenya. The word "Ngong" is a Maasai word derived from the word "enkong'u" meaning both "the 'eye'" and "eye of water" or thus spring of water. Ngong is situated 7 km southwest of Karen.
Karen
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.32838° or 1° 19′ 42″ southLongitude
36.70497° or 36° 42′ 18″ eastElevation
1,824 metres (5,984 feet)Open location code
6GCRMPC3+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 30031183OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Karen” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Karen”
- Dutch: “Karen”
- German: “Karen”
- Irish: “Karen”
- Japanese: “カレン”
- Malayalam: “കാരെൻ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karen”
- Norwegian: “Karen”
- Russian: “Карен”
- Spanish: “Karen”
- Swahili: “Karen, Kenya”
- Swahili: “Karen”
- Swedish: “Karen, Kenya”
- Swedish: “Karen”
- Ukrainian: “Карен (передмістя)”
- Ukrainian: “Карен”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Faith Evangelistic Ministry Family Church and Karen Surgery.
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