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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]
The Taita people are an ethnic group in Kenya's Taita-Taveta County. [2] They speak Kidawida or Kitaita, which belongs to the Bantu language family. The West-Bantu migrated to the Taita-Taveta County around 1000-1300. [3] There is debate about whether the Taita people migrated to Kenya through Tanzania.
Taveta thrives as a point of commerce between Kenya and Tanzania, with a twice-weekly open - air market especially large for a town of its size.The market is fueled in part by Taveta's rail connection through Voi with the Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala line, built during the era of British Kenya.
Mwatate is a town in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya. It is the county's capital, although it is the fourth-largest town in the county. Other urban centers in Taita-Taveta County include Voi, Wundanyi and Taveta. [1]
Wundanyi is a town in the Taita-Taveta County of Kenya. ... In 2011, the population of Taita-Taveta County was quoted at 284,657. [9] As of May 2015, ...
Voi is the largest town in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya, in the former Coast Province. It is located at the western edge of Taru Desert, south and west of Tsavo East National Park, with the Sagala Hills to the south.
The Taveta tribe is one of the Bantu tribes found in Southern Kenya in the Taita Taveta County. The people are sometimes referred to as the 'Wataveta', which is the plural name of the people in their own language, Kitaveta. It has been argued that the Taveta population is commingled with other tribes, notably the Taita, Pare, Chagga, Kamba and ...
The Taita Hills, sometimes also spelled as Teita Hills, are a mountain range located in the Taita-Taveta County in south-eastern Kenya. The hills consist of three massifs: Dawida, Sagalla in the southern side of Voi township and Kasigau in the south near the border of Tanzania. The Dawida massif is the largest and tallest of the three, with an ...