Official Name: | Mountain View |
Pushpin Map: | Kenya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Mountain View in Kenya |
Coordinates: | -1.2692°N 36.7389°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kenya |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Nairobi City |
Subdivision Name2: | Westlands |
Unit Pref: | Imperial metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2.1 |
Population Total: | 22294 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | 10752 |
Timezone: | UTC+3 |
Mountain View is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately west of the central business district of Nairobi.
Mountain View is located south of Waiyaki Way, west of the Nairobi central business district, and borders the low-income neighbourhood of Kangemi. It is a middle-income to lower middle-income neighbourhood significantly characterised by single-family homes with a gated community.[1]
Mountain View, an electoral ward, borrows its name from the estate. It covers the Gichagi and Mountain View sub-locations of Nairobi.[2]
As per the 2019 census, Mountain View had a population of 22,294, with a population density of 10,752/km2 in a land area of 2.1km2.[3]