Coast Province

Coast Province

Mkoa wa Pwani
Coast Province Mkoa wa Pwani
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The Coast Province (Swahili: Mkoa wa Pwani) was one of Kenya's eight provinces. It contained all of the country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. It was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili peoples, among others. The province covered an area of 79,686.1 km² .^[1]

Tourist attraction

Some of the province's important towns included

Magunda in the south. Some of the coastal population was located in resort and beach settlements such as Kiongwe and Kipini

.

Diani Beach was one of the province's major tourist centres, with palm trees and white sandy beaches like Mombasa.

Malindi is where Vasco da Gama picked up his pilot to navigate with the monsoon winds to India; Mambrui appears to be the site where contact occurred with the Chinese during the era of the Yongle Emperor and the expeditions of Zheng He.^[2]

Watamu is a small fishing community and contains East Africa's first marine national park, the Watamu Marine National Park.

Population data

The Coast Provinces had a population of 3,325,307 in 2009.^[1]

Climate

The climate is designated as Aw in the Köppen climate classification system.^[3]

Economy

Mining

Kwale mine

Separatism

In 1999, the Mombasa Republican Council was formed, with the goal of engineering the Coast Province's secession from Kenya.^[4]^[5]

Dissolution

In 2010, a new constitution came into effect which divided Kenya's 8 provinces into 47 counties. The Coast Province was divided into six: Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, Lamu, and Taita–Taveta counties.

Villages and settlements (A-L)

Arabuko
Bengoni
Boma Upande
Bubesa
Busho
Chanani
Chengo
Chevani
Dambale
Dida Waredi
Dungich
Fanjua
Galamani
Galanema
Ganzoni
Gasi
Gifyonzo
Gogoni
Golbanti
Handampia
Hewani
Jiweni
Kabiboni
Kabieni
Kadzeweni
Kadzinuni
Kaembekaesha
Kajire
Kakomani
Kakoneni
Kakya
Kalaluwe
Kalota
Kamale
Kamleza
Kampi ya Kerengenzi
Kanjonja
Kasidi
Kaufumbani
Kavuluni
Kesanguri
Kibaya
Kiangwe
Kibandaongo
Kibirikani
Kibuguni
Kichangalaweni
Kidomaya
Kiduluni
Kiduruni
Kidutani
Kidzumo
Kiembekesha
Kifumbu
Kigato
Kigomberu
Kigombo
Kijangwani
Kijinitini
Kijipoa
Kiko Koni
Kikomani
Kikuyuni
Kikwezani
Kilibasi
Kililana
Kilole
Kilweni
Kimara Maganga
Kinagoni
Kinane
Kinarane
Kindunguni
Kinyadu
Kipendi
Kipungani
Kipusi
Kirewe
Kirumbi
Kirwilu
Kisaoni
Kisibu
Kisimachande
Kitere
Kitsantse
Kituu
Kiviogo
Kombo Kombo
Kongona
Kulelet
Kulesa
Kuruwetu
Kusitawi
Kwa Bechombo
Kwa Bwana Keri
Kwa Dadu
Kwa Mkamba
Kwademu
Kwaringoi
Lazima
Lenda, Kenya
Lukongo

Villages and settlements (M-Z)

References

^ ^a ^b "Kenya Census 2009 | Census | Waste Management". Scribd. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
^ "Could a rusty coin re-write Chinese-African history?". BBC News. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
^ "Figure 4. Köppen-Geiger climate type map of Africa". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
^ Insight - Separatist storm brewing on Kenya's coast
^ Kantai, Parselelo (17 Mar 2012). "Kenya's Mombasa Republican Council: The Coast calls for freedom". The Africa Report. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

[:0-1] "Kenya Census 2009 | Census | Waste Management". Scribd. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

[bbc10-2] "Could a rusty coin re-write Chinese-African history?". BBC News. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-18.

[3] "Figure 4. Köppen-Geiger climate type map of Africa". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2022-05-28.

[4] Insight - Separatist storm brewing on Kenya's coast

[5] Kantai, Parselelo (17 Mar 2012). "Kenya's Mombasa Republican Council: The Coast calls for freedom". The Africa Report. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

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