Districts in Nairobi County
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also form Nairobi County.Districts in Nairobi County is located in formerly known Nairobi Province and covers an area of 695.1 kilometres squared. It borders Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado counties. Some of the districts that have being mapped in the county include Nairobi West, Westlands, Nairobi East and Nairobi North.
Nairobi is divided into a series of constituencies. These constituencies are: Makadara, Kamukunji, Starehe, Langata, Dagoretti, Westlands, Kasarani, and Embakasi. The main administrative divisions of Nairobi are Central, Dagoretti, Embakasi, Kasarani, Kibera, Makadara, Pumwani, and Westlands. Most of the upmarket suburbs are situated to the west and north-central of Nairobi, where most European settlers resided during the colonial times. These include Karen, Langata, Lavington, Gigiri, Muthaiga, Brookside, Spring Valley, Loresho, Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Hurlingham, Runda, Kitisuru, Nyari, Kyuna, Lower Kabete, Westlands, and Highridge, although Kangemi, Kawangware, and Dagoretti are lower income areas close to these affluent suburbs.
The city’s colonial past is commemorated by many English place-names. Most lower-middle and upper middle income neighbourhoods are located in the north-central areas such as Highridge, Parklands, Ngara, Pangani, and areas to the southwest and southeast of the metropolitan area near the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The most notable ones include Avenue Park, Fedha, Pipeline, Donholm, Greenfields, Nyayo, Taasia, Baraka, Nairobi West, Madaraka, Siwaka, South B, South C, Mugoya, Riverbank, Hazina, Buru Buru, Uhuru, Harambee Civil Servants’, Akiba, Kimathi, Pioneer, and Koma Rock to the centre-east and Kasarani to northeast area among others.
The low and lower income estates are located mainly in far eastern Nairobi. These include, Umoja, Kariokor, Dandora, Kariobangi, Embakasi, and Huruma. Kitengela suburb, though located further southeast, Ongata Rongai and Kiserian further southwest, and Ngong/Embulbul suburbs to the far west are considered part of the Greater Nairobi Metropolitan area. More than 90% of Nairobi residents work within the Nairobi Metropolitan area, in the formal and informal sectors.
Districts in Nairobi County are:
- Langata District, Nairobi County
- Kamukunji District, Nairobi County
- Embakasi District, Nairobi County
- Njiru District, Nairobi County
- Makadara District, Nairobi County
- Kasarani District, Nairobi County
- Dagoreti District, Nairobi County
- Starehe District, Nairobi County
- Westland District, Nairobi County