Local time
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Nairobi
1.28° S, 36.81° E
- Population
- 3,010,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 18
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 18 cities of Kenya in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Kenya, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1899
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 1,661 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 696 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Nairobi City County
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Africa/Nairobi
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Nairobi, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Nairobi have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Nairobi derives from the Maasai expression "cool waters," which was used to refer to a local water hole, Enkare Nairobi.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
