Central Business District (Nairobi)

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Nairobi grew around the central business district. It takes a rectangular shape, around the Uhuru Highway, Haille Selasse Avenue, Moi Avenue and University Way. It includes many of Nairobi's important buildings, including the City Hall and Parliament Building. The city square is also located within the perimeter.

A feature of the central business district that strikes foreign tourists the most is the skyline. Nairobi's skyline has been compared to many European and American cities. This is due to a construction boom after independence, and another construction boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Most of the skyscrapers in this region are the headquarters of businesses and corporations, such as I&M.

The United States Embassy bombing took place in this district, prompting the new embassy building to be located in the suburbs.

The district is bordered to the south-west by Nairobi's largest park: Uhuru Park. The Mombasa to Kampala railway runs to the south-east of the district.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Business_District
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Coordinates:   1°17'10"S   36°49'16"E

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  • The easiest way to find your way (pardon the pun) around Nairobi town center.
  • This business district is probably the most impressive in the whole Africa outside South Africa.
  • mukami
  • Still growing
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