South C
South C or South Compton is an upper-class residential estate located in the southland area of Nairobi. South C lies next to Wilson Airport. It is bordered by South B to the north-east, Langata Estate to the west and the Nairobi National Park to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: residential estate in Nairobi, Kenya
- Also known as: “South ‘C’” and “South ’C’”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nairobi Wilson Airport and Nyayo National Stadium.
Nairobi Wilson Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wilson Airport is an airport in Nairobi, Kenya. It has flights to many regional airports in Kenya while Nairobi's main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, serves domestic and many international destinations.
Nyayo National Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Rotsee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nyayo National Stadium is a 18,000-seater multipurpose stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. It is located at the square of Mombasa Road, Langata Road, and the Aerodrome Road.
Highway Secondary School
School
The Highway Secondary is a public boys' boarding school located in Nairobi's South B suburb, Kenya. The school is named for the Mombasa Highway that runs along the school's southern perimeter. The school is classified as an Extra County school.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper Hill and Nairobi.
Upper Hill
Suburb
Photo: Erik (HASH) Hersman, CC BY 2.0.
Upper Hill is a central business district of the city of Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya. The district has seen an increase in major construction in recent years, with several multinational corporations setting up offices. Upper Hill is situated 3 km northwest of South C.
Nairobi
Nairobi is the political, as well as financial and media capital of Kenya. A city of 4.8 million inhabitants, it's the largest and fastest growing city in the country and one of Africa's largest cities.
Shauri Moyo
Neighborhood
Shauri Moyo is a low-income neighbourhood in Pumwani in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 3 kilometres southeast of the central business district of Nairobi. It is one of the oldest estates in Nairobi. Shauri Moyo is situated 4 km northeast of South C.
South C
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-1.31884° or 1° 19′ 8″ southLongitude
36.82782° or 36° 49′ 40″ eastElevation
1,663 metres (5,456 feet)Open location code
6GCRMRJH+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 30031480OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swahili—“South C” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “South C”
- Swahili: “South C”
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