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Nairobi

Capital of Kenya

Watercolour of Nairobi, Kenya. The "Green City in the Sun", with Kenyatta International Convention Centre and Uhuru Park.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Kenyatta International Convention Centre; Uhuru Park; Uhuru Highway and Kenyatta Avenue; Ngong Hills; Nairobi National Park; Nairobi National Museum; Pan-African
Viewpoint
Favor an elevated viewpoint looking east or northeast across the lake and lawns of Uhuru Park toward the downtown core, showing the park greenery in the foreground, with the KICC tower and central high-rises rising directly beyond the trees, and the gentle Ngong Hills or open sky framing the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the vast lawns and tree canopies of Uhuru Park, roadside jacarandas and fever trees, and the surrounding green ridges.
Guarded against
Not a generic African savanna or futuristic sci-fi city
Population4,397,073Wikidata: 3,138,369
Coordinates1.28°S, 36.82°E
Elevation1,661 m
Area696 km²
Time zoneAfrica/NairobiUTC+3
Solar noon12:33clock runs 0.5 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Nairobi and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Taiohae, French Polynesia — 1,183 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

KakamegaKE288 km
MombasaKE441 km
MwanzaTZ457 km
KampalaUG504 km
DodomaTZ557 km
Dar es SalaamTZ673 km
KigaliRW755 km
GitegaBI803 km

Twinned cities

2 of 7 twinned cities are in this atlas. See the full network →

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