Nairobi Vacations and Tourism

Nairobi has a population of between 3 and 4 million. The city is the largest city in Kenya one of the largest in Africa and lies on the Nairobi River.The word Nairobi derives from a water hole known in Maasai (an Eastern Nilotic language) as Ewaso Nyirobi, which means œcool waters. Nairobi, which was a swamp area, was founded in 1899 and was first a railway camp for the Uganda Railway. The city became Kenya's capital, which Mombasa was initially, and it also became the capital of the British East Africa Protectorate in 1905. With the spread of plagues in the early 1900s, the town was burnt down and had to be rebuilt. Having a railroad system in the system helped it to have drastic growth, becoming the second largest city in Kenya behind Mombasa. The city of Nairobi also grew due to administration and tourism businesses (mostly big game hunting). The British, who were one of Kenya'™s colonizers, set up a port in Nairobi leading to the creation of big hotels primarily for the British hunters. Also, Nairobi has an East Indian community, who are the descendants of original colonial railway laborers and merchants.

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