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15-705: (Redirected from Westlands ) Westland or Westlands may refer to: Places [ edit ] Westlands, Nairobi , an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi, Kenya Westlands, Staffordshire , a suburban area and ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme Westland, a peninsula of the Shetland Mainland near Vaila , Scotland Netherlands [ edit ] Westland (municipality), Netherlands Westland (region), Netherlands New Zealand [ edit ] Westland District ,

30-437: A Western Australian named train service The Westland (periodical) , an Australian railway magazine published by Rail Heritage WA Westland Books See also [ edit ] West Country Vestlandet or Western Norway Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Westland . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

45-532: A further merger in 2000 Leonardo S.p.A. , an Italian helicopter manufacturer, following a further merger in 2016 Westland affair , a 1986 British political crisis stemming from the government's ownership of Westland Aircraft Other [ edit ] Westland (Nazi propaganda) , the planned Nazi German name for the occupied Netherlands, or the unit of Dutch SS soldiers in Russia Westland School (disambiguation) The Westland ,

60-774: A political subdivision on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island Westland Tai Poutini National Park , a national park Informally, the name often used for the entire West Coast region, of which the Westland District is a part Westland (New Zealand electorate) a former parliamentary electorate in the above area Westland Province , a province of New Zealand from 1873–76 United States [ edit ] Westland, Indiana Westland, Putnam County, Indiana Westland, Michigan Westland, Oregon ; see McKay Reservoir Westland, Pennsylvania Westland, Virginia Westland Mall (Hialeah) ,

75-535: A shopping mall in Hialeah, Florida Westland Mansion , the retirement home of U.S. president Grover Cleveland Westland Middle School , in Bethesda, Maryland Aircraft [ edit ] Westland Aircraft , a British aircraft manufacturer, which merged and became: Westland Helicopters , a British helicopter manufacturer, in 1961 AgustaWestland , a British/Italian helicopter manufacturer, following

90-599: 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

105-512: 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,

120-483: 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

135-785: 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

150-533: 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

165-577: 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

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180-494: 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

195-417: 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

210-418: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland&oldid=1233207915 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Westlands, Nairobi Westlands

225-522: 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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