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  2. Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi is a diverse melting pot of African cultures. As a cosmopolitan African city, it hosts all the diverse tribes that make up Kenya, and hosts a large immigrant population from other African countries. [86] [87] [88] Nairobi has two informal nicknames.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Nairobi City County - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi City County. 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 in area of the counties, yet the most populous one. It also serves as the capital of Kenya. The county entity was effected in 2013, replacing Nairobi City Council, which had been the long ...

  5. Nairobi National Park - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya that was established in 1946 about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Nairobi. It is fenced on three sides, whereas the open southern boundary allows migrating wildlife to move between the park and the adjacent Kitengela plains. Herbivores gather in the park during the dry season.

  6. Provinces of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. History of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    A part of Eastern Africa, the territory of what is known as Kenya has seen human habitation since the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic. The Bantu expansion from a West African centre of dispersal reached the area by the 1st millennium AD. With the borders of the modern state at the crossroads of the Bantu, Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic ethno ...

  8. University of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    www.uonbi.ac.ke. The University of Nairobi (uonbi or UoN; Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi) [3] is a collegiate research university based in Nairobi and is the largest university in Kenya. [4] Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970.

  9. United Nations Office at Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.unon.org. The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON, Swahili: Ofisi ya Umoja wa Mataifa Nairobi) in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is one of four major United Nations office sites [a] where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. Established in 1996, it is the UN's official headquarters in Africa.

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