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Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya and still the largest city. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name “Nairobi” comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to “the place of cool waters”. Read more…
Nairobi is located at 1°17′S 36°49′E / 1.283°S 36.817°E / -1.283; 36.817 and occupies 684 square kilometres (260 sq mi). Nairobi is situated 450 km/280 mi NW of Mombasa county and it is in between Mombasa and Nakuru. It is the largest city in East Africa
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Nairobi was founded in 1899 as a supply depot for the Uganda railways which was being constructed between Mombasa and Uganda. It was named after a water hole known in Maasai as Ewaso Nyirobi, meaning “cool waters”. It was totally rebuilt in the early 1900s after an outbreak of plague and the burning of the original town. Nairobi replaced Mombasa as the capital of the British East Africa Protectorate in 1905 the railway brought wealth into the city, which made it grow dramatically