Nairobi

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capital city city metropolis national capital

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya, serving as a major political, economic, and cultural hub in East Africa.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastlands, Nairobi 1
Nairobi Central Business District 1
Nairobi City County 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
metropolis ⓘ
national capital ⓘ
administrativeCounty Nairobi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nairobi City County
capitalOf Kenya ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
demonym Nairobi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nairobian
elevation approximately 1795 metres above sea level ⓘ
approximately 5889 feet above sea level ⓘ
founded 1899 ⓘ
foundingPurpose railway depot on the Uganda Railway ⓘ
hasAirport Wilson Airport ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ⓘ
hasNationalPark Nairobi National Park ⓘ
hasStadium Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani ⓘ
Nyayo National Stadium ⓘ
hasStockExchange Nairobi Securities Exchange ⓘ
hasUniversity Kenyatta University (satellite campuses) ⓘ
Strathmore University ⓘ
United States International University Africa ⓘ
University of Nairobi ⓘ
hosts United Nations Office at Nairobi ⓘ
surface form: UN Environment Programme headquarters

UN-Habitat headquarters ⓘ
United Nations Office at Nairobi ⓘ
isEconomicCentreOf Kenya ⓘ
isFinancialCentreOf East Africa ⓘ
isLargestCityOf Kenya ⓘ
isSeatOf Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Government of Kenya

Parliament of Kenya ⓘ
State House of Kenya ⓘ
knownFor regional headquarters of multinational companies ⓘ
vibrant nightlife ⓘ
wildlife tourism close to the city centre ⓘ
majorIndustry finance ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
technology ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
nickname Green City in the Sun ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili
populationEstimate over 4 million inhabitants ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
river Nairobi River ⓘ
role cultural hub of East Africa ⓘ
economic hub of East Africa ⓘ
political hub of East Africa ⓘ
sports athletics ⓘ
football ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Nairobi, Kenya
Jamhuri Day → mainVenue → Nairobi ⓘ
Auma Obama → placeOfBirth → Nairobi ⓘ
Richard Dawkins → placeOfBirth → Nairobi ⓘ
Barack Obama Sr. → residence → Nairobi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nairobi metropolitan area
Royal Air Maroc → servesCity → Nairobi ⓘ
Gigiri → transportConnection → Nairobi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nairobi city centre
Auma Obama → workLocation → Nairobi ⓘ