Dandora

Dandora is a neighbourhood in capital and largest city, . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Moi International Sports Centre and Garden City Mall.

Sports venue
Photo: Eriksson1904, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a multi-purpose stadium in , Kenya. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games held in . 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. is situated 2½ km northwest of Dandora.

Shopping center
is a shopping centre located in in , Kenya. With 33,500 m² of gross retail space, it is the second largest shopping centre in Kenya. is situated 3½ km northwest of Dandora.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Korogocho and Kasarani.

Neighborhood
is one of the largest slum neighbourhoods of , . Home to 150,000 to 200,000 people pressed into 1.5 square kilometres, northeast of the city centre, was founded as a shanty town on the then outskirts of the city.

Suburb
is a mixed-use neighbourhood in northeast . is also used in reference to the city's second most populated sub-county with the same name, encompasing various neighbourhoods in the northeastern areas of Nairobi. is situated 3 km northwest of Dandora.

Suburb
is a low-income residential estate in northeastern . It consists of both apartments and slum-type dwellings. The name 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. is situated 3 km southwest of Dandora.

Dandora

Latitude
-1.24491° or 1° 14′ 42″ south
Longitude
36.90608° or 36° 54′ 22″ east
Elevation
1,594 metres (5,230 feet)
Open location code
6GCRQW44+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11399884319
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
199108
Wiki­data ID
Q3701493
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swahili—“Dandora” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Dandora”
  • Czech: “Dandora”
  • Dutch: “Dandora”
  • French: “Dandora”
  • Galician: “Dandora”
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  • Igbo: “Dandora”
  • Italian: “Dandora”
  • Slovak: “Dandora”
  • Spanish: “Dandora”
  • Swahili: “Dandora”

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