Kahawa

Kahawa is a mixed-use settlement spanning the and Nairobi county borders along Thika Road. It is electorally divided into four wards across the two counties: Kahawa and Kahawa West wards in Nairobi County and Kahawa Wendani and Kahawa Sukari wards in Kiambu County.
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,560 metres (5,120 feet)
  • Description: mixed-use settlement in Kenya

Places of Interest

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Githurai and Zimmerman.
Town
is a composition of densely populated, urban…
2½ km southeast of Kahawa
Suburb
is a mixed-use and residential suburb of the city of .
3 km south of Kahawa
Suburb
is a mixed-use neighbourhood in northeast .
4 km south of Kahawa
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Latitude
-1.18462° or 1° 11′ 5″ south
Longitude
36.90476° or 36° 54′ 17″ east
Open location code
6GCRRW83+5W
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swahili—“Kahawa” goes by many names.
卡哈瓦Chinese
KahawaSwahili
Kahawa, KenyaSwahili

Localities in the Area

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