Lucky Summer - Wikipedia
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Lucky Summer | |
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Lucky Summer Location of Lucky Summer in Kenya | |
| Coordinates: 01°14′18″S 36°53′56″E / 1.23833°S 36.89889°E | |
| Country | Kenya |
| County | Nairobi City |
| Sub-county | Kasarani |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 50,865 |
| • Density | 30,373/km2 (78,670/sq mi) |
Lucky Summer is a neighborhood in the Kasarani area of Nairobi, Kenya. It is located approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) northeast of Nairobi's central business district. It is a high-density suburb that hosts the low-income earners residents of Nairobi. It gives its name to the Lucky Summer Ward, an electoral ward with the same name.
Lucky Summer is one of the neighbourhoods electorally placed in Ruaraka Constituency, within the larger Kasarani Sub-county. It borders Dandora to the south. .
The Mwangaza community library is a facility developed by KOSCOBAR,[2] a Community-based Rehabilitation and Community Development project active in the slums of Nairobi. Owing to concerns over the possibility of burglary, the library is safeguarded by live-in security guard.[3]
- ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. p. 249. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ L, Tonny. "Mwangaza community library". Lucky. Lucky Estate. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "KOSCOBAR – Kenya Community-based Rehabilitation and Community Development in Korogocho slums of Nairobi (Kenya)" (PDF). AIFO. AIFO. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.