East Africa
Kenya
Nairobi County

Gigiri

Gigiri is a residential estate in . It is home to Kenya's large expatriate community. It is one of the largest expat communities in Africa. Gigiri hosts: It also hosts The Village Market which is a large shopping, recreation and entertainment complex and UN Sacco Ltd which is one of the biggest SACCOs in Kenya.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Embassy of the United States of America and Embassy of Colombia in Kenya.

Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The in Nairobi, located in , is home to the diplomatic mission of the United States to the .

Government office
Photo: Shosholoza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a government office.

School
Photo: OhanaUnited, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a German international school in , . As of 2015 there are 182 students from 30 countries. The school has a twelve-year programme from primary school to upper secondary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Runda and Highridge.

Suburb
is an affluent neighbourhood located in the northern part of . The name was borrowed from the name of the coffee estate that existed in the area before it became a residential area; it is not an abbreviation for Reserved United Nations…

Suburb
is a residential estate in , located in the northern parts of the larger estate. Administratively, is a subdivision of the division of Nairobi. is situated 2½ km south of Gigiri.

Suburb
is an affluent neighbourhood in the city of . In 2019, media reports indicated that it was the most affluent and most expensive neighbourhood in the entire country. is situated 3½ km southeast of Gigiri.

Gigiri

Latitude
-1.2325° or 1° 13′ 57″ south
Longitude
36.8073° or 36° 48′ 26″ east
Elevation
1,708 metres (5,604 feet)
Open location code
6GCRQR84+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 272706882
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8477638
Wiki­data ID
Q24236262
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Gigiri” goes by many names.
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  • Arabic: “غيغيري”
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  • Japanese: “ギギリ”
  • Japanese: “ギジリ”
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  • Western Armenian: “Կիկիրի”
  • Zulu: “Gigiri”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gigiri”. Photo: Queen Asali, CC BY-SA 4.0.