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  2. Mombasa - Wikipedia

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    Kenyan school history books place the founding of Mombasa as 900 A.D. [5] It must have been already a prosperous trading town in the 12th century, as the Arab geographer al-Idrisi mentions it in 1151. It was a part of the Kilwa Sultanate from approximately the early 14th century until the dissolution of the sultanate in 1513 A.D.

  3. Timeline of Mombasa - Wikipedia

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    Mombasa Cathedral opens. [21] Court of Kenya relocated from Mombasa to Nairobi. [19] 1907 - Slavery abolished. [22] 1910 - Population: about 30,000. [3] 1920 - Town becomes part of British Protectorate of Kenya. 1927 - Kenya Daily Mail newspaper begins publication. [23] 1929 - Makupa Causeway built. 1931 - Nyali Bridge built. 1937 - Likoni ...

  4. Mombasa Old Town - Wikipedia

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    Old Town in 1572. The Old Town of Mombasa, also known as Mji Mkongwe, is the old part of Mombasa, the main city of Mombasa County in Kenya.Situated on the south-east side of Mombasa Island, the Old Town covers an area of 72 hectares (180 acres), and is inhabited by a mix of Swahili, Arab, Persian, Indian, Asian, Portuguese and British settlers. [1]

  5. History of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    A key to the development of Kenya's interior was the construction, started in 1895, of a railway from Mombasa to Kisumu, on Lake Victoria, completed in 1901. This was to be the first piece of the Uganda Railway .

  6. Mombasa County - Wikipedia

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    Mombasa is an urban city county and for this reason, there is a large population of both local and immigrant communities. The local communities include the Mijikenda, Swahili and Kenyan Arabs. The Mijikenda is the largest community in Mombasa County making up almost 35% of the total population in the county.

  7. Fort Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Fort Jesus was captured and recaptured at least nine times between 1631, when the Portuguese lost it to Sultan Yusuf ibn al-Hasan of Mombasa, and 1895, it fell under British rule and was converted into a prison. After the Portuguese recaptured it from the Sultan in 1632, they refurbished it and built more fortifications, subsequently making it ...

  8. Mombasa Island - Wikipedia

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    Mombasa Island is a 5 by 3 km (3.1 by 1.9 mi) coral outcrop located on Kenya's coast on the Indian Ocean, which is connected to the mainland by a causeway. Part of the city of Mombasa is located on the island, including the Old Town .

  9. List of rulers of Mombasa - Wikipedia

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    The independent Mombasa sultanate named Mvita (Swahili) or Manbasa (Arabic) was then established but was conquered by the Portuguese Empire during the 16th century. After this control alternated between the Portuguese and the Sultanate of Oman ,before the establishment of the British East Africa Protectorate in 1887.