Buru Buru 1

Buru Buru 1 is a locality in , and has an elevation of 1,614 metres. Buru Buru 1 is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moi Air Base and Mathari Hospital.

Aerodrome
, formerly known as RAF Eastleigh and Eastleigh Airport is a military airport located to the east of , in the suburb. The airport is used by the Kenya Air Force.

Hospital
Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital is the only public psychiatric hospital in . It has capacity for 700 patients and is located near the slum area of district of . is situated 3½ km west of Buru Buru 1.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buruburu and Kariobangi.

Suburb
is a housing estate within City County in . is a vast development inhabited by middle-class people. The estate was designed in 1974 and comprises six phases, with the fifth completed in the mid-1980s.

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.

Quarter
is an estate in , located in the east of Nairobi County. It is a constituent of Makadara Constituency. comprises and Lumumba, and was established as a low-income, high-density housing development in the mid-1950s to house the African working class.

Buru Buru 1

Latitude
-1.27233° or 1° 16′ 20″ south
Longitude
36.87672° or 36° 52′ 36″ east
Elevation
1,614 metres (5,295 feet)
Open location code
6GCRPVHG+3M
Geo­Names ID
8477657
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