States or Territories

Nairobi County

County

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Nairobi County." Accessed September 6, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/nairobi-county.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Nairobi County. Retrieved September 6, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/nairobi-county

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-nairobi-county,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Nairobi County},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/nairobi-county},
  note = {Accessed September 6, 2026}
}

Nairobi County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya and serves as the country's capital, coextensive with the city of Nairobi. It was the most populous county at the 2019 census, with a population of 4,397,073, across an area of about 696 square kilometers, among the smallest of Kenya's counties by area.

Facts

Capital

Nairobi 1

Population

4,397,073 1

2019 figure from Nairobi County's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2019 1

Area (sq km)

696.1 1

Latitude

1.2833 degrees south 1

Longitude

36.8167 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Kenya

Nairobi County is a county of Kenya.

Source Nairobi County (Wikipedia)

Nairobi

nairobi is associated with nairobi-county.

Source Nairobi County (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Nairobi

nairobi is the capital of nairobi-county.

Source Nairobi County (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Africa

Nairobi County is on continent.

Source Nairobi County (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Nairobi County (Wikipedia)

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Nairobi City County is one of the 47 Counties of Kenya and serves as the capital of Kenya. It is the most populous county as of the 2019 census with a population of 4,397,073, yet among the smallest in area at 696.1 km2.

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1. Nairobi County (Wikipedia)

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