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Westlands is a residential district in Nairobi which houses a sizable population of upper middle class and wealthy Kenyans [3]. During the 1990s and early 2000s, as land and office space became scarce and exorbitantly priced in the central business district, more businesses have relocated to Westlands and Upper Hill, where land and office space are more readily available and less expensive.
Westlands Constituency 1997-2012 (Kenya) Westlands is an electoral constituency in Kenya. [1] It is one of the seventeen constituencies in Nairobi County. The constituency is situated within Westlands Sub-county, formerly Westlands District. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County and has an area of 72.4 km 2 (28.0 sq mi).
Lavington is a residential suburb of Nairobi. Located within the sub-county of Westlands, it is approximately 5.5 km (3.4 mi) northwest of the central business district. It is a neighbourhood that hosts the upper middle class to upper class segment of Nairobi residents. It is a low to medium-density residential neighbourhood.
Before the new constitution of Kenya that came into force on 27 August 2010, Kenya was divided into eight provinces (see map). The provinces, excluding Nairobi Province, were subdivided into 46 districts as at 1992, which were further subdivided into 262 divisions. The divisions were subdivided into 2,427 locations and 6,612 sublocations. [1]
Kilimani is located approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Nairobi's central business district, within Westlands Sub-county. [2] It is north of Woodley; east of Kileleshwa, mainly separated by the Kirichwa River; the larger Kilimani sub-location encompasses the part of Upper Hill (contains Hurlingham and Caledonia estates), and the Kilimani estates.
The Ngong Hills, located to the west of the city, are the most prominent geographical feature of the Nairobi area. Mount Kenya is situated north of Nairobi, and Mount Kilimanjaro is towards the south-east. [43] The Nairobi River and its tributaries traverse through the Nairobi County and joins the larger River Athi on the eastern edge of the ...
Nairobi Expressway. The Nairobi Expressway is a 27 kilometres (17 mi) toll road in Kenya, connecting Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Nairobi 's Westlands area, that has been constructed under a public-private partnership between the government of Kenya and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC). [1]
It borders Mathare Constituency to the south, Ruaraka and Kasarani constituencies to the east, Ruiru constituency to the north and northeast, Kiambu constituency to the northwest and Westlands constituency to the west. It is the northmost constituency in Nairobi with an area of 48.80 km 2 (18.8 sq mi).
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