Coast (Kenya)

Coast
Basic data
Capital	Mombasa
surface	84,113 km²
Residents	3,035,000 (calculation 2007)
Population density	36 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	KE-300 (canceled)

The Coast Province ( Coast Province ) was a province of Kenya . It lay along the coast of the country on the Indian Ocean . Their capital was Mombasa .

The province had an area of ​​84,113 km², on which about 3,035,000 inhabitants lived. The residents belonged to the Mijikenda , Swahili and many other ethnic groups.

Other important cities were Diani in the south, Malindi , Watamu and Lamu in the north. Diani is a tourist center with sandy beaches and palm trees. Watamu is a small fishing community and is the first marine national park in East Africa .

There were many archaeological sites in the province, such as Kwale , Jumba la Mtwana , Takwa , Ungwana , Shanga and the ruins at Gedi .

As part of the 2010 constitution , the Kenyan provinces were dissolved. The counties Kilifi , Kwale , Lamu , Taita-Taveta and Tana River are located in the area of ​​the Coast Province today .

Administrative division

county	Capital
Kilifi	Kilifi
Kwale	Kwale
Lamu	Lamu
Mombasa	Mombasa
Taita-Taveta	Wundanyi
Tana River	Hola

Tana conflict

Ten people were murdered in the Coast Province in a revenge attack on the village of Kibusu on January 10, 2013. Five of the dead and stabbed victims were children, and two adults were seriously injured in the attack. All victims had gunshot wounds, cuts from machetes, and burns. The attack was aimed at the Pokomo ethnic group , who carried out an attack on the village of Nduru on January 9, 2013, killing nine.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2007)
2. ↑ Daily Nation : 11 killed in Tana revenge attack - News - nation.co.ke (English), accessed January 10, 2013
3. ↑ Daily Nation : 11 killed in fresh fighting in Tana Delta as DO flees villagers' attack (English), accessed January 10, 2013

Coordinates: 3 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 39 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E