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  2. 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 ...

  3. List of slums in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    List of slums in Kenya. There are many slums in Kenya, for example in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. According to UN DESA ( United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ), 55 per cent of Kenya's urban population were slum inhabitants in 2007. [1] In 2019, around two million inhabitants of Nairobi lived in informal settlements.

  4. Korogocho - Wikipedia

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    Korogocho is one of the largest slum neighbourhoods of Nairobi, Kenya.Home to 150,000 to 200,000 people pressed into 1.5 square kilometres, northeast of the city centre, Korogocho was founded as a shanty town on the then outskirts of the city.

  5. Mukuru slums - Wikipedia

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    Mukuru slums. /  1.31833°S 36.87250°E  / -1.31833; 36.87250. Mukuru is a collection of slums in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the central business district of Nairobi. It is one of the largest slums in Nairobi. It stretches along the Nairobi – Ngong River, situated on waste lands in the ...

  6. Stampede in Kenya as slum residents surge for food aid - AOL

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    Residents of Nairobi's Kibera slum, spotting a food distribution, tried to force their way through a gate outside a district office for their chance at supplies to keep their families fed for ...

  7. Mathare Valley - Wikipedia

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    A view of the Mathare Valley slum. Mathare Valley is a part of Mathare slum in Kenya. It is in the Nairobi area. Other informal settlements in the Nairobi area include Huruma, Kiambiu, Korogocho, Mukuru and Kibera. It has a high population density. It is a few kilometers from the centre of Nairobi. The Mathare River flows in the valley.

  8. Mathare - Wikipedia

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    Mathare. Coordinates: 1°15′36″S 36°51′43″E. The Mathare Valley slum. Mathare is a collection of slums in Nairobi with a population of approximately 500,000 people; [1] the population of Mathare Valley alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people. Mathare is the home of football teams Mathare United and Real ...

  9. Mukuru kwa Njenga - Wikipedia

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    Mukuru kwa Njenga. /  1.30472°S 36.88500°E  / -1.30472; 36.88500. 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. The population exceeds 100,000.

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