Wasini Island
| Wasini Island | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 4 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 39 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 5 km | |
| width | 1 km | |
| Residents | 1500 | |
| main place | Wasini Village | |
Wasini Island is a Kenyan island in the extreme southeast of the country.
location
Wasini is located southeast of mainland Kenya in the Indian Ocean . The closest town on the mainland is Shimone, which can be reached by ferry from the island .
places
The two places on the island are Wasini Village in the west of the island and Mkwiro in the east of the island.
population
A large part of the population belongs to the Vumba ethnic group. Due to tourism, which made the island more economically attractive, some Swahili came from the mainland, so that they made up 11% of the population in 2008. This number declined in the following years due to weaker tourist numbers.
Infrastructure
There are no roads or cars on the island. Wasini Village has a primary school and a small port from where the ferry to Shimone leaves.
economy
A large part of the population is engaged in fishing , which consists mainly of catching red mullets , parrotfish , rays , sebastes , octopuses , lobsters , surgeonfish and crabs . Wasini Island also attracts tourists, with the main attraction being the Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park . Tourists can also snorkel and take part in dolphin tours.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Google Maps. Retrieved February 18, 2018 .
- Jump up ↑ Wasini Island, Kenya - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates. Retrieved February 18, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d Shimone / Wasini Island Community Profile - SPACES. Retrieved February 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Ferdinand Paesler: Regional development and human-environment interaction: two case studies from Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Würzburg University Press, Würzburg.
- ↑ Dolphin tour and snorkeling at Wasini Island. Retrieved on February 18, 2018 (German).