Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi (/naɪˈroʊbi/ ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and the biggest town of Kenya. The title comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which interprets as "cool water", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows via the city. The town acceptable had a populace of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, whilst the metropolitan vicinity has a populace of 9,354,580. The metropolis is popularly referred to as the Green City in the Sun.

Nairobi was once based in 1899 via the colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway. The city shortly grew to substitute Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi grew to be the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the town grew to be a center for the colony's coffee, tea, and sisal industry. The metropolis lies in the south-central section of Kenya, at an elevation of 1,795 meters (5,889 ft).

According to the 2019 census, in the administrative location of Nairobi, 4,397,073 inhabitants lived inside 696 km2 (269 sq mi).

Nairobi is domestic of the Kenyan Parliament Buildings and hosts heaps of Kenyan corporations and over a hundred most important worldwide businesses and organizations, which include the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). Nairobi is a hooked up hub for commercial enterprise and culture. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is one of the biggest in Africa and the second-oldest alternate on the continent. It is Africa's fourth-largest trade-in phrase of buying and selling volume, successful in making 10 million trades a day. It additionally has the Nairobi National Park with a giant sports reserve. Nairobi is presently beneath the Nairobi Metropolitan Service.