Shimo La Tewa
Shimo La Tewa is a neighborhood in Nairobi County, Kenya. Shimo La Tewa is situated nearby to the quarter Laini Saba, as well as near the neighborhood Kimungu.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kenyatta National Hospital and Nairobi Women’s Hospital.
Kenyatta National Hospital
Hospital
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The Kenyatta National Hospital is the oldest hospital in Nairobi, Kenya which was established In 1901 as the Native Civil Hospital but later changed in 1963 to Kenyatta National Hospital.
Nairobi Women’s Hospital
Hospital
The Nairobi Women's Hospital is a for-profit hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. It has 726 beds. The hospital was founded in 2001 by Dr. Sam Thenya and was the first of its kind in the East and Central Africa region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laini Saba and Kibera.
Laini Saba
Quarter
Laini Saba is a slum of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It belongs to the major slum of Kibera. As for Lindi, another village within Kibera, its population is estimated at 100,000.
Kibera
Suburb
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Kibera is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 6.6 kilometres from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and also the largest urban slum in all of Africa.
Woodley
Quarter
Woodley is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 4.4 kilometres west of the central business district. It generally a low-density suburb that lies north of Africa's largest slum, Kibera.
Shimo La Tewa
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.31153° or 1° 18′ 42″ southLongitude
36.79357° or 36° 47′ 37″ eastOpen location code
6GCRMQQV+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 540363017OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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