Mukuru kwa Njenga
Mukuru Kwa Njenga is a slum in the Mukuru slums of Nairobi. Mukuru kwa Njenga is among other villages in Mukuru namely; Mukuru kwa Reuben, Mukuru kwa Njenga, Sinai, Paradise, Jamaica, Kingstone, Mariguini, Fuata Nyayo and Kayaba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Oxfam East Africa, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: informal settlement in the Embakasi area of Nairobi
- Also known as: “Mukuru kwa njenga” and “Mukuru Kwa Njenga”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Makadara and Umoja.
Makadara
Suburb
Makadara is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 6 kilometres southeast of the central business district of Nairobi. Makadara is situated 3 km northwest of Mukuru kwa Njenga.
Umoja
Suburb
Umoja is a residential suburb in the city of Nairobi. Located within the larger sub-county of Embakasi and the Eastlands area of Nairobi. It is approximately 8.4 kilometres east of Nairobi's central business district. Umoja is situated 4 km north of Mukuru kwa Njenga.
Bahati
Suburb
Bahati is an estate in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Administratively, it was a location in Pumwani division of Nairobi and Kamukunji Constituency. After the revision of constituency boundaries, Bahati was moved to Makadara Constituency. Bahati is situated 4½ km northwest of Mukuru kwa Njenga.
Mukuru kwa Njenga
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.31963° or 1° 19′ 11″ southLongitude
36.88653° or 36° 53′ 12″ eastElevation
1,582 metres (5,190 feet)Open location code
6GCRMVJP+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 10271095499OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swahili—“Mukuru kwa Njenga” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mukuru kwa Njenga”
- Igbo: “Mukuru kwa Njenga”
- Swahili: “Kwa Njenga”
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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 “Mukuru kwa Njenga”. Photo: Oxfam East Africa, CC BY 2.0.