Spring Valley is a residential neighbourhood in the city of

Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...

. It is approximately northwest of the

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of Nairobi.

Location

Spring Valley is located approximately northwest of Nairobi's

. It borders the Barton and the Kyuna neighbourhoods.

Overview

Spring Valley was

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

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were allowed. Single family residential units are more common in Upper Spring Valley. It was an exclusive neighbourhood prior to the revision of zoning regulations that is inhabited by a

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segment of Nairobi residents. It has slowly become more

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as the mushrooming of flats started. It has a mixture of modern, old and pre-modern architecture. As per the 2019 census, Spring Valley had a population of 6,804, with a population density of 2,432/km² in a land area of 2.8km².

References

{{Nairobi, state=collapsed Suburbs of Nairobi