title: Mountain View, Nairobi
text: # Mountain View, Nairobi
  
  Mountain View is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of the central business district of Nairobi.
  
  ## Overview
  
  Mountain View is located south of Waiyaki Way, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) 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.
  
  Mountain View, an electoral ward, borrows its name from the estate. It covers the Gichagi and Mountain View sub-locations of Nairobi.
  
  As per the 2019 census, Mountain View had a population of 22,294, with a population density of $10,752/km^2$ in a land area of $2.1km^2.$
  
  