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Coast Province

Province of Kenya

Summary

Province of Kenya

Field	Value
name	Coast Province
native_name	Mkoa wa Pwani
native_name_lang	sw
settlement_type	Province
image_skyline	Outrigger canoe in Kenya.jpg
image_map	Coast in Kenya.svg
map_caption	Location in Kenya.
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Kenya
subdivision_type1	No. of Counties:
subdivision_name1	6
seat_type	Capital
seat	Mombasa
area_total_km2	79,686.1
population_as_of	2019
population_total	4,329,474
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+3
coordinates

The Coast Province () was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. 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 km2.

Tourist attraction

Some of the province's important towns included Kilifi, Malindi, Watamu and Lamu in the north, and Mwandimu and Magunda in the south. Some of the coastal population was located in resort and beach settlements such as Kiongwe and Kipini.

Diani Beach was one of the province's major tourist centres, with palm trees and 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.

Watamu is a small fishing community and contains East Africa's first marine national park, the Watamu Marine National Park.

Population data

Coast Province population in 1969

In 1969, the total population of the Coast Province of Kenya was 994,082.

This figure is based on the 1969 Kenya Population and Housing Census, which was the first census conducted after Kenya's independence.

The population distribution by district within the Coast Province in 1969 was as follows:

Kilifi: 307,568
Kwale: 205,602
Lamu: 22,401
Mombasa: 247,073
Taita Taveta: 110,742
Tana River: (Data was not immediately available)

Coast Province population in 1979

The population of the Coast Province in Kenya during the August 24, 1979, census was 1,342,794.

The population data for the individual districts within the Coast Province at that time were as follows:

Kilifi: 430,986
Kwale: 288,363
Mombasa: 341,148
Taita Taveta: 147,597
Lamu: 42,299
Tana River: 92,401

Coast Province population in 1989

The population of the Coast Province in Kenya during the August 24, 1989, census was 1,829,191.

The total population of Kenya enumerated in the 1989 census was approximately 21.4 million people. The population of the Coast Province was distributed among its constituent districts (now counties) as follows:

Mombasa County: 461,753
Kilifi County: 591,903
Kwale County: 383,053
Taita Taveta County: 207,273
Tana River County: 128,426
Lamu County: 56,783

Coast Province population in 1999

The total population of the Coast Province of Kenya during the 1999 census was 2,487,264.

The census was conducted on the night of August 24/25, 1999, and the total population for all of Kenya at that time was 28,686,607. The population breakdown by county within the Coast Province was as follows:

Mombasa: 665,018
Kilifi: 825,855
Kwale: 496,133
Taita-Taveta: 246,671
Tana River: 180,901
Lamu: 72,686

Coast Province population in 2009

The total population of the former Coast Province in the 2009 Census was 3,325,307.

The population breakdown for the individual counties (which were formerly districts) within the Coast Province, according to the official census results published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, was as follows:

Kilifi: 1,109,735
Mombasa: 939,370
Kwale: 649,931
Taita Taveta: 284,657
Tana River: 240,075
Lamu: 101,539

Coast Province population in 2019

The Coast Provinces had a population of 4,329,474 in accordance with the 2019 census.

Mombasa: 1,208,333
Kwale: 866,820
Kilifi: 1,453,787
Tana River: 315,943
Lamu: 143,920
Taita-Taveta: 340,671

Climate

The climate is designated as Aw in the Köppen climate classification system.

Economy

Mining

Kwale mine

Separatism

In 1999, the Mombasa Republican Council was formed, with the goal of engineering the Coast Province's secession from Kenya.

Dissolution

In 2010, a new constitution came into effect which divided Kenya's 8 provinces into 47 counties. The Coast Province was divided into six: Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, Lamu, and Taita–Taveta counties.

Villages and settlements (A-L)

Arabuko
Bengoni
Boma Upande
Bubesa
Busho
Chanani
Chengo
Chevani
Dambale
Dida Waredi
Dungich
Fanjua
Galamani
Galanema
Ganzoni
Gasi
Gifyonzo
Gogoni
Golbanti
Handampia
Hewani
Jiweni
Kabiboni
Kabieni
Kadzeweni
Kadzinuni
Kaembekaesha
Kajire
Kakomani
Kakoneni
Kakya
Kalaluwe
Kalota
Kamale
Kamleza
Kampi ya Kerengenzi
Kanjonja
Kasidi
Kaufumbani
Kavuluni
Kesanguri
Kibaya
Kiangwe
Kibandaongo
Kibirikani
Kibuguni
Kichangalaweni
Kidomaya
Kiduluni
Kiduruni
Kidutani
Kidzumo
Kiembekesha
Kifumbu
Kigato
Kigomberu
Kigombo
Kijangwani
Kijinitini
Kijipoa
Kiko Koni
Kikomani
Kikuyuni
Kikwezani
Kilibasi
Kililana
Kilole
Kilweni
Kimara Maganga
Kinagoni
Kinane
Kinarane
Kindunguni
Kinyadu
Kipendi
Kipungani
Kipusi
Kirewe
Kirumbi
Kirwilu
Kisaoni
Kisibu
Kisimachande
Kitere
Kitsantse
Kituu
Kiviogo
Kombo Kombo
Kongona
Kulelet
Kulesa
Kuruwetu
Kusitawi
Kwa Bechombo
Kwa Bwana Keri
Kwa Dadu
Kwa Mkamba
Kwademu
Kwaringoi
Lazima
Lenda, Kenya
Lukongo

Villages and settlements (M-Z)

Mabatani
Madabogo
Maduma
Mafigani
Magunda
Magunguni
Mahuruni
Majego
Majoreni
Majunguni
Makere
Makere ya Gwano
Makinyambu
Makobeni
Makondeni
Makongani
Makumbwani
Maledi
Malibati
Malka Jara
Mambore
Mambosasa
Manamare
Manyeso
Mapfanga
Mapotea
Mararui
Maranu
Mararani
Marigiza
Mariwinyi
Marongo
Maruvesa
Mashanda
Mashundwani
Massalani
Matapani
Matironi
Matolani
Maweu
Mbajumali
Mbaoni
Mbonea
Mbuji
Mbunboni
Mbwara Maganga
Mdzimure
Mdundonyi
Mgamboni
Mguya
Midoina
Mienzeni
Mikuani
Milalani
Milinga
Minjila
Mirarani
Misageni
Misaroni
Mitsolokani
Mizijini
Mkambini
Mkokoni
Mkomaniboi
Mkomba
Mkondo wa Simiti
Mkuluni
Mlegwa
Mlimani
Mnazi Moja
Mnazinia
Mnyenzeni
Mrangi
Mrugua
Msabaha
Msangatifu
Msuakini
Mteza
Mto Panga
Mtungi
Mudomo
Mugome
Muhaka Mbavu
Mukunguni
Mulemwa
Muliloni
Mulunguni
Munguvini
Muritu
Mutuli
Mvindeni
Mvuleni
Mwabani
Mwabaya Nyundo
Mwabila
Mwachirunge Bomu
Mwachirunje ya Pwani
Mwaembe
Mwaga
Mwaketutu
Mwakunde
Mwalili
Mwambiri
Mwamkuchi
Mwana Mwinga
Mwanachini
Mwanathumba
Mwandoni
Mwangoni
Mwangulu
Mwanyora
Mwakinyungu
Mwarungu
Mwazare
Mwazi
Mweza
Mwogahendi
Myabogi
Nasibu
Ndile
Ndome
Ngambinyi
Ngombani
Nguruweni
Ngutuni
Ngwaru
Ngwena
Njele
Nkunumbi
Nyalani
Nyambogi
Nyangwani
Rhoka
Ria Kalui
Safarisi
Saidibabo
Sailoni
Samicha
Samikaro
Selaloni
Semandaro
Sendeni
Shakadula
Shambini
Shambweni
Shelemba
Sungululu
Takwa Milinga
Thuva
Tindini
Waldena
Yedi

References

"Kenya Census 2009 {{!}} Census {{!}} Waste Management".
(17 October 2010). "Could a rusty coin re-write Chinese-African history?". [[BBC News]].
"Figure 4. Köppen-Geiger climate type map of Africa.".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20151221213620/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-kenya-coast-mrc-idUKBRE86M0H820120723 Insight - Separatist storm brewing on Kenya's coast]
Kantai, Parselelo. (17 Mar 2012). "Kenya's Mombasa Republican Council: The Coast calls for freedom". [[The Africa Report]].

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