Kibera

300px|thumb|A view of Kibera thumb|300px|Dwellings in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya

Kibera (Kinubi: Forest or Jungle) is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and also the largest urban slum in all of Africa. The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census reports Kibera's population as 170,070, contrary to previous estimates of one or two million people. Other sources suggest the total Kibera population may be 500,000 to well over 1,000,000 depending on which slums are included in defining Kibera.