Muthangari is a neighbourhood in the city of

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. It is approximately northwest of the

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of Nairobi.

Location

Muthangari is located approximately northwest of Nairobi's

. It is straddled by the Waiyaki Way to the south.

Overview

Muthangari was

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as a low-density neighbourhood, but over the years, residential

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as well as commercial buildings were allowed. It was an exclusive neighbourhood prior to the revision of zoning regulations that was inhabited by

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segment of Nairobi residents. It has slowly become more middle-class as the mushrooming of flats started. Muthangari and

Kileleshwa Kileleshwa is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is located approximately from Nairobi's central business district. The neighbourhood was originally a low-density leafy suburb but after change in zoning regulations in the e ...

together form the Kileleshwa county assembly ward of

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As per the 2019 census, the suburb has a population of 10,297, with a

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of 2,672 per square kilometres in a land area of 3.9km².

Points of interest

# St. Mary's School, Nairobi, a private Roman Catholic primary and secondary day school for boys, located off James Gichuru Road in Muthangari. # ABC place, a shopping mall along Waiyaki Way in Muthangari.

References

{{Nairobi, state=collapsed Suburbs of Nairobi