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The Town Council of Taveta has acquired a 20 square kilometres (4,900 acres) former sisal plantation for town expansion. All government border offices are located some 5 kilometres (3 mi), west of the central business district of the town, towards the border with Tanzania. The Holili/Taveta customs and immigration post is a One Stop Border Post ...
Taita–Taveta County is a county in Kenya, located approximately 200 km northwest of Mombasa, and 360 km southeast of Nairobi, it has a port and major gateway to the United Republic of Tanzania through Taveta. [2] The county headquarters are located in Mwatate. It is one of the six counties in the Coastal region of Kenya. [3]
There is debate about whether the Taita people migrated to Kenya through Tanzania. They settled in Kenya in five groups, each occupying different areas in the present-day Taita-Taveta District. During their settlement, the Taita-speaking people interacted with other tribes such as the Taveta, Pare of Tanzania, and Maasai.
The district covered an area of 16,975 km 2. of which a bulk of 62% or 11,100 km 2. is within Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks.The remaining 5,876 km 2 is occupied by ranches, sisal estates, water bodies such as Lakes Chala and Jipe in Taveta and mzima springs, and the hilltop forests which occupy less than 100 km 2. or approximately 10 km² out of 587.5 km².
Taita-Taveta County: Elevation [1] 99 m (325 ft) Time zone: UTC+3 : Bura is a town in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya. Location. The town is located in Mwatate sub ...
Tsavo East National Park is a national park in Kenya with an area of 13,747 km 2 (5,308 sq mi). It was established in April 1948 and covers a semi-arid area previously known as the Taru Desert.
Map of Kenya. This is a list of municipalities in Kenya which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
The A23 is a major road in Kenya linking the towns of Voi and Taveta, before crossing the Tanzanian border (where it ceases to be classified as the A23) and serving the towns of Moshi and Arusha. The Taveta branch of the Uganda Railway runs along the road. It is part of the Arusha–Holili–Taveta–Voi Road.