Kahawa is a suburb settlement spanning the

Kiambu County Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kiambu and its largest town is Thika. Kiambu County is the second most populous after Nairobi County. Kiambu County borders Nairobi and Kajiado Counties to the S ...

and

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borders along Thika Road. It is administratively divided into four wards across the two counties: Kahawa and Kahawa West wards in Nairobi county and Kahawa Wendani and Kahawa Sukari wards in Kiambu county. Despite its proximity to the city, half of it is administratively in

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, while some parts, such as

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, Kahawa Barracks, Kiwanja and Githurai 44, are administratively in

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The Kahawa region

Originally a coffee growing region, the Kahawa region is generally subdivided into four electoral wards as follows:

Kahawa Barracks

The Kahawa Barracks area (which partly forms the border with Nairobi County) was the site of a

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base before Kenya's independence and now hosts the Kahawa Army Base of

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Transport

Kahawa lies to the north of Githurai, another inter-county suburb and settlement along the Kenya-Uganda Railway. In 2016, this town started to be served by suburban trains of the

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The Kahawa region

Kahawa Barracks

Transport

See also

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