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{{Short description|Area of Nairobi, Kenya}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Kenyan English|date=November 2022}}
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'''Ng'ando''' is a neighbourhood in [[Dagoretti]] in the city of [[Nairobi]]. It is approximately {{convert|7.9|km}} northwest of the [[central business district]] of Nairobi.
==Overview==
Ngando is located approximately {{convert|7.9|km}} west of Nairobi's [[central business district]]. It is straddles the [[Ngong Road]] to the north. It borders [[Riruta Satellite|Riruta]] to the north and the [[Ngong Racecourse]] to the south.
Ngando is predominantly a [[low-income]] neighbourhood that forms part of the larger [[Dagoretti]] area. Ngando suffers from poor [[infrastructure]] characterised by poor [[waste disposal]], open [[sanitary sewer|sewer]]s and unpaved roads.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mwangi |first=Pauline Nyawira |date=7 September 2001 |title=Water vending in Nairobi: a case study of Ngando in Riruta location |url=http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/18832/Mwangi%20Pauline%20N_Water%20Vending%20in%20Nairobi-%20a%20Case%20Study%20of%20Ngando%20in%20Riruta%20Location.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y |journal=Department of Economics, University of Nairobi}}</ref>
Ngando Ward is also an electoral division within [[Dagoretti South Constituency]]. The whole constituency is within Dagoretti Sub-county.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ngando Ward |url=https://kenyacradle.com/ngando-county-assembly-ward/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=kenyacradle.com}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Nairobi|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Suburbs of Nairobi]]