Nairobi is the capital and more the big city of the Kenya.

General presentation

The city is located at the south of the agricultural center of the country, with a few tens of kilometers in the south of the equator. Its altitude extends from 1600 to 1850 meters above the sea level. In addition, geographical extension of the east city of 150 km ². Its Climat is generally a moderated tropical climate, with fresh mornings, being able to become cold during the rain seasons, which take place between April and June on the one hand, and December and November on the other hand. The temperature is on average of 29°C during the Saison dries, and 24°C during the rain season.

Its name comes from Maasai Ewaso Nyirobi meaning fresh water . Nairobi as a Ville owes its existence with the company of Railroad Kenya Uganda Railway , connecting the Uganda and Kenya. The line reached Nairobi in 1899 and the chief engineer, Sir George Whitehouse made the decision to move the seat of the company of Mombasa in Nairobi. This decision very quickly made of Nairobi a commercial node and deals of the protectorate of the British Africa Orientale of the time. It was completely rebuilt with the beginning of the year 1900 after the arrival of the Peste and large a Incendie. Nairobi became the capital of the British protectorate of Kenya in 1907 and Kenya coldly independent in 1963. The official languages are the Swahili and the English, but about other languages of Africa, in particular the kikuyu and the luo, are spoken by the population.

Demography

Nairobi is one of the more big cities of Africa with, in 2004,2 818.000 inhabitants. In 1950, however, the population of Nairobi was only 87.000 inhabitants. In 2015, it is expected that Nairobi reaches approximately 4.000.000 inhabitants. The increase in the population of Nairobi was due to the Rural migration a long time, but today, the natural growth of the population is the main motor. Unfortunately, the major part of this urban population in rapid increase does not find housing adequate, because first of all of the massive character of this Urbanisation, and in addition because of the fact that, generally, the countries meeting this urbanization which gallops among are prepared and ready to absorb this growth of the urban population. That thus results in the anarchistic development of centres of abstract populations, otherwise called Bidonville S.

Economy

With regard to the economic sector and professional of Nairobi, 86,3% of the population between 15 and 64 years are economically active. Among this Active population, 29,3% work for the formal Secteur, which is besides in light decline. However, the majority of the population of Nairobi draws her income from the abstract economic activities. The Informal sector employs most of the poor of the city, and it creates more Emploi S that the formal sector. Whereas the formal sector declined of 0,43% between 1998 and 2001, the informal sector, increased to him by 176% for the same period. An important part of the informal economy is made up of the Vente farm or manufactured products imported by the women, mainly.

Generally, the informal sector contributes in an important way to the economy of the city, with strong bonds with the formal sector. This informal sector has several advantages compared to the formal one: it necessarily does not depend on direct public investment and uses Technologies indeed available in the districts where it develops. However, in spite of the considerable growth of this sector, the Chômage remains a problem of size in Nairobi. This situation involves large a Pauvreté in Nairobi, as in Kenya in general: 42% of the population of the country live below the Poverty line and 23% of the population live with less than 1 Dollar US per day.

Transport

Nairobi is served by the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The Wilson Airport was the old airport used in the years 1930 and 1940 by the British passengers and the mail to go from Southampton to the Cape, in South Africa.

Environment

Nairobi has the privilege to shelter a protected natural reserve, the National park of Nairobi, inside even of its borders. Moreover, it is the capital which has the most Espèce S of birds in the world.

Particular events

The Ambassade of the the United States in Nairobi was the object of an attack organized by Al-Qaida in August 1998.

See too

• Kibera, a gigantic shantytown in the middle of the agglomeration.

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