Ruai is a neighbourhood in the city of

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. It is approximately east of the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

. It is one of the areas located in the far east of Nairobi after

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Location

Ruai is located approximately east of Nairobi's

. It was formally part of larger

Embakasi Embakasi is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately , southeast of the central business district. Embakasi is considered part of Nairobi's Eastlands area, lying to the south-east of Nairobi County. The Embakasi proper covers ...

division. It borders Njiru and

. Electorally, Ruai county assembly ward, is placed under

Kasarani Constituency Kasarani Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi City County. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County, and has an area of , making it the second-largest constitu ...

; however, Ruai forms part of the larger sub-county of Njiru that spans through neighbourhoods as far as the Outer Ring Road to the farthest east in

Overview

Ruai is generally a residential neighbourhood in Nairobi; though it is mixed-use in its corresponding urban area of Ruai Town. It is one of the least populated neighbourhoods in the city, especially the residential areas. The neighbourhood exhibits characteristics of a low-density suburb, having single-family dwellings as well as having a mix of a few

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buildings. Ruai also is home to the Dandora Estate Sewage Treatment Works, that treats 120,000m³/day, about 80% of waste water produced in Nairobi. As per the 2019 census, Ruai has a population of 72,134, with 35,605 of them being male and 36,526 being female. The neighbourhood has a population density of 966/km² in a land area of 74.7km².

References

{{Nairobi, state=collapsed Suburbs of Nairobi