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Section sizes

Section size for Nairobi (54 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	11,472	11,472	345	345
History	106	18,862	0	1,155
Early years	6,609	6,609	377	377
Growth	3,492	3,492	133	133
Post independence	3,476	3,476	370	370
21st century	5,179	5,179	275	275
Geography	2,407	21,547	198	818
Climate	10,307	10,307	143	143
Nairobi metropolitan region	1,259	1,259	65	65
Districts and neighbourhoods	4,819	7,574	354	412
Kibera slum	2,755	2,755	58	58
Parks and gardens	14,874	16,111	896	991
Threats to public spaces	1,237	1,237	95	95
Political divisions	1,283	5,795	157	198
Constituencies	4,512	4,512	41	41
Economy	7,631	14,626	288	912
Central Business District (CBD)	1,666	1,666	177	177
Upper Hill	2,325	2,325	200	200
Construction boom and real estate development projects	3,004	3,004	247	247
Demographics	3,905	6,126	186	336
Religion	2,221	2,221	150	150
Culture	2,628	11,533	101	1,080
Literature and film	2,981	2,981	440	440
Food	2,522	2,522	235	235
Music	3,402	3,402	304	304
Sports	282	10,554	29	556
Facilities	5,291	5,291	263	263
Football	1,937	1,937	67	67
Golf	1,243	1,243	90	90
Equestrian Sports	1,232	1,232	42	42
Rugby	208	208	29	29
Basketball	226	226	28	28
Marathons	135	135	8	8
Places of worship	774	774	60	60
Education	919	5,048	65	105
Higher education	4,129	4,129	40	40
Infrastructure	19	17,813	0	1,732
Transport	1,243	12,440	105	1,325
Airports	2,102	2,102	162	162
Matatu	2,866	2,866	229	229
Buses	1,353	1,353	201	201
Trains	1,753	1,753	255	255
Roads	2,524	2,524	373	373
Private car population projection for Nairobi	599	599	0	0
Water supply and sanitation	609	609	84	84
Housing	4,745	4,745	323	323
Crime and law enforcement	926	926	64	64
Media	1,950	1,950	213	213
Notable people	2,813	2,813	3	3
Pop culture	2,512	2,512	227	227
Twin towns and sister cities	2,727	2,727	4	4
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	42	42	0	0
External links	834	834	0	0
Total	152,089	152,089	8,799	8,799

Text or other creative content from this version of Nairobi was copied or moved into History of Nairobi with this edit on 15 May 2026. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Crime & Law Enforcement

Latest comment: 11 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The Crime & Law Enforcement section could use better wording in places ("Crime levels and safety have very much improved in Nairobi over recent years. Violent crime is rare but petty crime can still be an issue"). Also needs more/better sources. 2605:8D80:7500:9D91:2871:CBFF:FEAB:3C13 (talk) 01:48, 8 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Culture: Nickname for Nairobi

Latest comment: 9 months ago5 comments2 people in discussion

Ever since I was young I've heard Nairobi being nicknamed as "Shamba la Mawe" you can add on it as well. Luciee254 (talk) 21:33, 27 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

All content requires a reliable independent source you having heard it is NOT a reliable source in any way shape or form. Theroadislong (talk) 21:49, 27 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the correction but again that is a common slang with Nairobians and I don't see any harm in including it as one of the nicknames. Luciee254 (talk) 22:22, 27 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

and again [[U|Luciee254}} we cannot add any content without a reliable, independent source. Theroadislong (talk) 22:45, 27 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the clarification. Luciee254 (talk) 23:06, 27 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Culture: Nickname for Nairobi