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11-608: Westlands is a mixed-use neighbourhood in Upper Parklands in Nairobi . Located 3.0 kilometres (2 mi) from Nairobi's central business district , it sits on the westerly areas of the larger Parklands area of Nairobi. Westlands is located approximately 3.2 kilometres (2 mi), by road, northwest of the central business district of Nairobi. The geographical coordinates of the neighbourhood are: 01°16'01.0"S, 36°48'42.0"E (Latitude:-1.266944; Longitude:36.811667). Westlands

22-466: A mixed-sex secondary school for Indian-Kenyan students. It served Nairobi neighbourhoods of Ngara and Parklands . In 1962, male students were transferred out, making the school girls' only; boys who previously attended the school began attending Highway Secondary School in South B , Nairobi. The school opened to students of all races after 1964, when racial segregation in schooling ended. In 2004,

33-512: Is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi , the capital and largest city in Kenya. It is divided into numbered avenues . The name arises from the proximity of the area to City Park, Nairobi . Parklands is located approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, north-northwest of the central business district of Nairobi . The coordinates of Parklands are:01 15 36S, 36 49 05E (Latitude:-1.2600; Longitude:36.8180). During Kenya 's colonial days,

44-482: Is a residential district in Nairobi which houses a sizable population of upper middle class and wealthy Kenyans During the 1990s and early 2000s, as land and office space became scarce and exorbitantly priced in the central business district , more businesses have relocated to Westlands and Upper Hill , where land and office space are more readily available and less expensive. Westlands was initially considered part of

55-782: Is exacerbated by the area's poor sanitation. In 2021, a significant part of the southern areas of the settlement was cleared to enable the construction of the long-planned Parklands section of the Ring Road. The Lycée Denis Diderot opened in Westlands as the École française à Nairobi in 1962. It moved to Kilimani in 1972. There are many other educational institutions in Westlands Division, as detailed in this reference. 01°16′01″S 36°48′42″E  /  1.26694°S 36.81167°E  / -1.26694; 36.81167 Parklands, Nairobi Parklands

66-531: Is one of the 17 constituencies of Nairobi and Westlands Sub-county is one of the 11 sub-counties of Nairobi. The postal code for Westlands is 00800 Within the Westlands Division lies the Deep Sea Settlement . This is a shanty town of approximately 7,000 inhabitants. In 2005 a private firm, with police support, began bulldozing homes, an act the Kenyan high court deemed illegal. Poverty is rife and

77-576: The Parklands area and straddled what is now Waiyaki Way, originally the Kenya-Uganda Railway. The area has been nicknamed Westie by the youth of Nairobi. Muthaiga , a neighbourhood to the northeast of Westlands, but within the Westlands Division of the county, is rated the most affluent and most expensive neighbourhood in the country. In Westlands or near the boundaries of the neighbourhood, there are several points of interest, including

88-494: The British demarcated the area as a residential neighbourhood for civil servants. During the 1940s and 1950s Parklands was one of the most congested suburban areas of the Nairobi metropolitan area. In the second decade of the 2000s Parklands is a mixed commercial/residential neighbourhood. The relative availability and comparatively reasonably priced land in the area attracts business and residential real estate development, away from

99-599: The boundaries of the neighbourhood, there are several landmarks, including the following: Administratively, Parklands is a subdivision of the Westlands Administrative Division of the city of Nairobi . The division consists of the following six subdivisions (locations): 01°15′36″S 36°49′05″E  /  1.26000°S 36.81806°E  / -1.26000; 36.81806 Ngara Girls%27 High School It opened in January 1957 as

110-415: The following: Prior to 2013, a division named after Westlands was also one of the eight administrative divisions of Nairobi , which is coterminous with Nairobi City. The other divisions were Central, Dagoretti , Embakasi , Kasarani , Kibera , Makadara and Pumwani . Areas in the Westlands Division were: Currently, there is a constituency and a sub-county named after Westlands; Westlands Constituency

121-522: The relative lack and exorbitant pricing of real estate in Nairobi's central business district, to the south of Parklands. Parklands has a significant population of people of Asian descent. The population of Parklands is 38,344 as of 2009. When Ngara High School was founded in 1957, it served ethnic Indians of both sexes in Parklands and Ngara . Several Primary and Secondary Schools are in Parklands both government and private. In Parklands, or near

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