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The earliest account of Nairobi 's / naɪˈroʊbɪ / history dates back to 1899 when a railway depot was built in a brackish African swamp occupied by a pastoralist people, the Maasai, the sedentary Akamba people, as well as the agriculturalist Kikuyu people who were all displaced by the colonialists. The railway complex and the building around ...
Nairobi (/ n aɪ ˈ r oʊ b i / ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census.
Lord Delamere was impressed by the agricultural possibilities of the area. In 1902, the boundaries of the protectorate were extended to include what was previously the Eastern Province of Uganda. [5] [6] Also, in 1902, the East Africa Syndicate received a grant of 1,300 square kilometres (500 sq mi) to promote white settlement in the Highlands.
The Nairobi Club established; 1904 - Norfolk Hotel opens. [2] 1905 British East Africa Protectorate capital moves from Mombasa to Nairobi. Nairobi Parsee Zoroastrian Anjuman Religious and Charitable Funds established. [3] 1906 Jamia Mosque construction started. Royal Nairobi Golf Club founded. 1907 - British Government House built.
The Stanley Hotel (currently called the Sarova Stanley) is a five-star hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.It is the oldest hotel in the city, having been established in 1902 by English businesswoman Mayence Bent, when the city was a railway halt.
Eastleigh was founded in 1921. At this time, it was formally called Nairobi East Township. While the colonial government originally tried to segregate citizens by race and ethnicity, failures at doing so in the Eastleigh neighbourhood more or less stopped the practice under colonial rule, so class became the general segregating factor afterwards. [4]
Population. (2019) [1] • Total. 50,000 (est) • Density. 1,789/km 2 (4,630/sq mi) Kamulu is a neighbourhood in Nairobi City County located to the North East of the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD). It borders Joska (Matungulu) in Machakos County to the east, Mwalimu Farm Ruiru to the north, Njiru to the west, and Mihang'o to the south ...
Jubilee Party. Member (s) Yusuf Hassan Abdi. Kamukunji Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya, one of the seventeen constituencies of Nairobi County, encompasing central to eastern areas of Nairobi. Kamukunji constituency had common boundaries with Pumwani Division. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County area.