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  2. History of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi was founded in 1899 as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway. It was favoured by the authorities as an ideal resting place due to its high elevation, temperate climate, and adequate water supply. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907.

  4. Kibera - Wikipedia

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    History Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2005.It is the largest slum in Africa and the third largest in the world. Colonial era. The city of Nairobi, where Kibera is located, was founded in 1899 when the Uganda Railway line was built, thereby creating a need for its headquarters and British colonial offices.

  5. Timeline of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    July: Political leader Tom Mboya assassinated. Hilton Nairobi built. 1970. University of Nairobi and Nairobi Japanese School established. Margaret Kenyatta becomes mayor. Tusker Football Club founded. 1971 - Nairobi Railway Museum opens. 1973.

  6. Mombasa - Wikipedia

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    The town is known as "the white and blue city" in Kenya. [citation needed] It is the country's oldest (c. 900 A.D.) and second-largest city after Nairobi, with a population of about 1,208,333 people according to the 2019 census. Its metropolitan region is the second-largest in the country, and has a population of 3,528,940 people.

  7. Umoja, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Umoja Uaso ("unity" in Swahili, the Uaso Nyiro is a nearby river) [1] [2] is a village in Kenya. The village, founded in 1990, [3] is an all-female matriarch village located near the town of Archers Post in Samburu County, 380 km (240 mi) from the capital, Nairobi. It was founded by Rebecca Lolosoli, a Samburu woman, as a sanctuary for homeless ...

  8. Busia, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Busia, Kenya is located in Busia County, approximately 451 kilometres (280 mi), by road, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city. This location is immediately east of Busia, Uganda. The coordinates of Busia, Kenya are: 00°27'48.0"N, 34°06'19.0"E (Latitude:0.463333; Longitude:34.105278).

  9. Limuru - Wikipedia

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    Limuru. /  1.10778°S 36.64278°E  / -1.10778; 36.64278. Limuru is a town in central Kenya. It is also the name of a parliamentary constituency and an administrative division. The population of the town, as of 2004, was about 4,800. In a census taken in 2019 the population had increased to 159,314.

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