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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.
Mombasa (/ m ɒ m ˈ b æ s ə / mom-BASS-ə; also US: /-ˈ b ɑː s ə /- BAH-sə) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is known as "the white and blue ...
Code County Former Province Area (km 2) Population (2009 Census) Population (2019 Census) Capital Postal Abbreviations 1: Mombasa: Coast: 212.5: 939,370: 1,208,333: Mombasa
A map of Kenya showing its provinces. The Coast Province (Swahili: Mkoa wa Pwani) was one of Kenya's eight provinces. It covered the entire 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 km 2. [1]
In 2013, as Mombasa District, being in existence since the colonial period, was converted into one of the 47 counties. [2] The district and the town are divided into four divisions namely: Mombasa Island – 14.1 km 2; Changamwe – 54.5 km 2; Likoni – 51.3 km 2; Kisauni - 109.7 km 2; The district had four constituencies: Changamwe Constituency
This is a list of Kenyan counties by population, ranked according to the latest estimate.Past census data (1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019) is included for comparison.
Before the new constitution of Kenya that came into force on 27 August 2010, Kenya was divided into eight provinces (see map). The provinces , excluding Nairobi Province, were subdivided into 46 districts as at 1992, which were further subdivided into 262 divisions .
Kisauni Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya and is located in Mombasa County. [1] Government structure. The constituency has seven wards electing ward representatives for the Mombasa County Assembly. With the promulgation of the new constitution in August 2010, Nyali Constituency was carved out from Kisauni Constituency.