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  2. Kileleshwa - Wikipedia

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    Kileleshwa is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi.It is located approximately 5.2 kilometres (3 mi) from Nairobi's central business district.The neighbourhood was originally a low-density leafy suburb but after a change in zoning regulations in the early 2000s, there has been significant mushrooming of high-rise flats in the area.

  3. Kibera - Wikipedia

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    Kibera ( Kinubi: Forest or Jungle [1]) is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) from the city centre. [2] Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the largest urban slum in Africa. [3] [4] [5] The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census reports Kibera's population as 170,070, contrary to previous estimates ...

  4. Wilson Airport - Wikipedia

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    Wilson Airport, is in Nairobi County, in the city of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and the largest metropolitan centre in that country. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), by road, south of the central business district. [2] Nearby suburbs include Langata, South C, and Kibera . This location is approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi), by ...

  5. Catholic University of Eastern Africa - Wikipedia

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    Location. The main campus of the university is located along Bogani East Road, in the neighborhood of Langata, in southwest Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya. The geographical coordinates of the university campus are: 1°21'04.0"S, 36°45'28.0"E (Latitude: -1.351111; Longitude:36.757778). History

  6. Stanley Hotel, Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    The first post office in Nairobi was based here, and tourists still leave messages and advertisements. From 1996 to 2021, the forum of the largest travel guide book publisher, Lonely Planet, was named the "Thorn Tree travel forum" after this tree. The Pool Deck Restaurant is located adjacent to the hotel's rooftop pool on the fifth floor.

  7. Sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia

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    Combined green: Definition of "sub-Saharan Africa" as used in the statistics of United Nations institutions Lighter green: The Sudan, classified as a part of North Africa by the United Nations Statistics Division instead of Eastern Africa, though the organization states that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any ...

  8. Somalia - Wikipedia

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    Somalia, [a] officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, [b] is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is on the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti [11] to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on ...

  9. Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack. /  1.27000°S 36.80361°E  / -1.27000; 36.80361. The 2019 DusitD2 complex attack was a terrorist attack that occurred from 15 to 16 January 2019 in the Westlands area of Nairobi, Kenya, which left 22 civilians and all five terrorists dead. [7] [8] [9] [10]