| Coast Province | |
|---|---|
| — Province — | |
| Location in Kenya. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Kenya |
| No. of districts: | 13 |
| Capital | Mombasa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 83,603 km2 (32,279.3 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 2,487,264 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Coast Province of Kenya, along the Indian Ocean, is one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi. It comprises the Indian Ocean coastal strip with the capital city at Mombasa and is inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili, among others. The province covers an area of 83,603 km² and has a population of 2,487,264 inhabitants (1999 census).
Other important towns on the coastal strip include Diani in the South, and Kilifi, Malindi, Watamu and Lamu in the North.
Diani Beach is now also a tourist center, with palm trees and the 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.[1]
Watamu is a small fishing community and East Africa's first Marine National Park.
Mwandimu is a settlement in the south of the province.
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The climate is tropical humid.
| District | Capital |
|---|---|
| Kilifi | Kilifi |
| Kwale | Kwale |
| Lamu | Lamu |
| Malindi | Malindi |
| Mombasa | Mombasa |
| Taita-Taveta | Wundanyi |
| Tana River | Hola |
Several new district have been created created since in 2007 in Kenya, including several in Coast Province [2]:
| District | Capital |
|---|---|
| Bura | Bura |
| Kaloleni | Kizurini |
| Kilifi | Kilifi |
| Kilindini | Dongo Kundu |
| Kinango | Kinango |
| Kwale | Kwale |
| Lamu East | Kizingitini |
| Lamu West | Lamu |
| Malindi | Malindi |
| Mombasa | Mombasa |
| Msambweni | Msambweni |
| Taita | Wundanyi |
| Tana Delta | Minijila |
| Tana River | Hola |
| Taveta | Taveta |