Taita-Taveta County

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Taita-Taveta County
Population (state)
- population density 		340,671 inh. (2019)
20 inh / km²
surface 17,083.9 km²
Coordinates 3 ° 20 ′  S , 38 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 3 ° 20 ′  S , 38 ° 15 ′  E
ISO 3166-2 KE-39
Taita-Taveta County in Kenya.svg
Homepage of Taita-Taveta County

Taita-Taveta County is a county in Kenya . In 2019 Taita-Taveta County lived 340,671 people on 17083.9 km². It is located about 150 km northwest of Mombasa and 300 km southeast of Nairobi . The capital is nominally in the city of Mwatate , but the government offices are in Wundanyi . The largest settlement, however, is Voi . The Tsavo West National Park covers about two-thirds of the land area of Taita Taveta County. The growth of the human population increasingly leads to conflicts with wild animals.

structure

Sub-counties
Subcounty Population (2009)
Mwatate 71,513
Taveta 67,665
Voi 89,458
Wundanyi 56.021
total 284,657

economy

Important economic sectors are agriculture and tourism. In addition to the Tsavo National Park, there are other farms, ranches, country estates and nature reserves on the area of ​​the county.

In 2017, the county's GDP per capita was 139,053 Kenyan Shillings (around 2,777 international dollars ), making it 22nd among the 47 counties in the country.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ About - Culture | TAITA TAVETA COUNTY GOVERNMENT. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
  3. ^ Publications. In: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 1, 2019 (American English).
  4. ^ Gross County Product 2019 .