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Capital of Kenya, in the central highlands at
1,660 m/5,450 ft; population (1985)
1,100,000. It has light industry and food
processing and is the headquarters of the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Nairobi was founded 1899, and its university
1970. It has the International Louis Leakey
Institute for African Prehistory 1977, and
the International Primate Research Institute
is nearby.