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  2. Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi ( / naɪˈroʊbi / 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.

  3. Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean . It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi); with a population of over 230 million, it is the most populous country in Africa , and the ...

  4. Foreign relations of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Nigeria has a high commission in Nairobi. Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Liberia: 1 October 1960: Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1960 when the Nigerian Government has agreed to Liberia's raising the status its consulate general in Lagos to that of an Embassy on the same date.

  5. List of cities in Africa by population - Wikipedia

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    Riverside of Giza, a mega-suburb of Cairo and the second-largest city in Egypt with over 9 million inhabitants. Skyline of Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania and in eastern Africa. Johannesburg, the largest city and economic hub of South Africa and all of southern Africa. Abidjan, Ivory Coast 's largest city and economic centre, also ...

  6. Nairobi City County - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi City County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. With an estimated population of 5,454,000 in 2024 , it is the third smallest yet the most populous of the counties, also serving as the capital of Kenya. In 2013, the county entity was effected, replacing Nairobi City Council, the long-standing unit of administration since pre-independence.

  7. Geography of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    217,313 km 2 (83,905 sq mi) Location of Nigeria. Satellite image of Nigeria. Nigeria is a country in West Africa. It shares land borders with the Republic of Benin to the west, Chad and Cameroon to the east, and Niger to the north. [1] Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the south and it borders Lake Chad to the northeast.

  8. List of the busiest airports in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Country Airport IATA ICAO City 2021 % Change (2021/2020) 1 Egypt Cairo International Airport: CAI HECA: Cairo: 11,346,398: 58.8 % 2 South Africa O. R. Tambo International Airport

  9. 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 ...