Map of Nairobi County in Shapefile format
A map built from OpenStreetMap data, ready to download
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What this map contains by default
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.shp
About Shapefile
Map of Nairobi County in Shapefile: 512 196 buildings, 6 964 km of roads, 14 403 points of interest, 64% green areas — in the WGS 84 coordinate system, units are meters.
Which layers are in the file
This file for the selected area contains:
- Roads
- Buildings
- Water
- Greenery
- Points of interest
Geometry by layer
- Roads — lines (LineString) with OpenStreetMap tags
- Buildings — polygons (Polygon) with OpenStreetMap tags
- Water — waterbody polygons and watercourse lines with tags
- Greenery — green-zone polygons with tags
- Points of interest — points (Point) with names and tags
What the file carries
The Shapefile file for Nairobi County: the parts come as a set of files inside a ZIP archive, the file is binary — it is opened by a program, not by an editor, each layer is a separate file inside the archive, OpenStreetMap tags are kept as feature attributes.
File size
The expected size of the Shapefile file for Nairobi County is about 60.2 MB; the exact size depends on the chosen layers and area.
Coordinate systems
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326), selectable in the wizard
Units
Meters (projected in the chosen coordinate system)
| Category | GIS |
| File extension | .shp |
| Tier | Open Beta |
What's in the Shapefile map of Nairobi County
512,196 buildings (5,878 residential, 467 commercial, 873 industrial, 57 religious), 6,963.9 km of roads, 14,403 points of interest, 15 landmarks.
The area covers 696 km², with about 736 buildings per km².
Mostly residential streets 3,931.3 km, service roads 1,611.8 km, secondary roads 407.2 km.
The map marks 5 parks and 10 water bodies.
Key amenities: schools — 1,910, kindergartens — 268, clinics — 347.
Public transport: 383 bus stops, 9 tram stops, 12 rail stations.
Shapefile with 512,196 buildings and 6,963.9 km of roads. Open in ArcGIS, QGIS, or any GIS software.
Main streets: Ngong Road, Thika Road, Langata Road, Eastern Bypass, Outer Ring Road
Landmarks: The Judiciary Museum, Uhuru Park Museum, Athletics Museum, Murdock Emisembe Foundation M.E.F, hope house
How to use Shapefile for Nairobi County
- Select the Nairobi County map area on the main page
- Choose Shapefile format and configure export settings
- Click Export and wait for processing
- Download the file and use in your application
FAQ: Shapefile for Nairobi County
Why does Shapefile consist of multiple files?
Shapefile is a set of .shp, .shx, .dbf, and .prj files. We package them into a ZIP archive for convenient downloading.
