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    Mombasa (/mɒmˈbæsə/ mom-BASS-ə; also US: /-ˈbɑːsə/ -⁠BAH-sə) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital...
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  • Look up Mombasa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mombasa is a city on the coast of Kenya. Mombasa may also refer to: Mombasa County, one of the 47...
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  • The Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, completed in 2017, was built as the first phase of the Kenya Standard Gauge Railway. It is a standard-gauge...
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    the history of the kingozi. Mombasa Chijomvu is a subdialect of the Mombasa area. Kimvita is the major dialect of Mombasa (also known as "Mvita", which...
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    The Mombasa Republic is a proposed state that would encompass the former Coast Province of Kenya. The Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) in the main separatist...
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    Majengo is a neighborhood of Mombasa, Kenya, located on Mombasa Island. It had a population of 40,241 in 1999. It is divided between in the Kisauni and...
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    Mombasa Road, also known as the Nairobi–Mombasa Road, or Mombasa–Nairobi Road or A109 Road (Kenya) is the main road between Nairobi, Kenya's capital and...
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    Mombasa County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. Its capital is Mombasa. In terms of economy it is second after Nairobi. Initially it was one of the...
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    Mombasa Terminus is a terminus of the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya located in Miritini, a suburb of Mombasa. The station building is...
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    International Airport (IATA: MBA, ICAO: HKMO) is an international airport in Mombasa, the second-largest city in Kenya. In 2020, the airport was heralded as...
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  • "Mombasa" is a song by the Finnish singer Taiska (Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen). The song, named after the city in Kenya, was released in 1975 and it is...
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    is the major port city of Mombasa, situated on Mombasa Island in the Indian Ocean and the surrounding mainland. Mombasa was the capital of the British...
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  • also Mombasa Southern Bypass Highway , is a road under construction in Kenya. When completed, it will connect Mombasa Mainland West to Mombasa Mainland...
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    Mombasa Cement Limited (MCL) is an industrial company in Kenya specializing in the manufacture of construction materials. The company maintains its headquarters...
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    The 2002 Mombasa attacks was a two-pronged terrorist attack on 28 November 2002[citation needed] in Mombasa, Kenya against an Israeli-owned hotel and a...
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  • Mombasa Island is a 5 by 3 km (3.1 by 1.9 mi) coral outcrop located on Kenya's coast on the Indian Ocean, which is connected to the mainland by a causeway...
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  • Mombasa District was one of the districts of Kenya. Its capital and the only town was Mombasa. By 2009, Kenya was divided into eight provinces, which...
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  • One-Way Ticket to Mombasa (Menolippu Mombasaan) is a 2002 Finnish film directed by Hannu Tuomainen. Pete (played by Antti Tarvainen) is a seventeen-year-old...
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  • The Battle of Mombasa in 1528 was a military engagement between Portuguese forces under the command of the Portuguese governor of India Nuno da Cunha...
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  • of the history of the city of Mombasa, Coast Province, Kenya. 1331 - Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan traveler, visits Mombasa. 1498 - 8 April: Vasco da Gama...
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    Tudor is a subdivision of Mombasa, Kenya. The area is located to the north of Mombasa Island, bordered by Jomo Kenyatta Avenue to the south-west and Tudor...
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    residential area and Sub-County within Mombasa City, located on the mainland north of Mombasa County. It is connected to Mombasa Island by the New Nyali Bridge...
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    all of the country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. It was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili peoples, among others. The...
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    Old Town is an area of Mombasa, Kenya. Situated on the south-east side of Mombasa Island, the Old Town covers an area of 72 hectares (180 acres), and is...
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  • Before 1502, the East African city of Mombasa was part of the Kilwa Sultanate. The independent Mombasa sultanate named Mvita (Swahili) or Manbasa (Arabic)...
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    temperate climate, and adequate water supply. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became...
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    The Lagos–Mombasa Highway (also known as the Mombasa-Lagos Highway) or TAH 8 is Trans-African Highway 8 and is the principal road route between West and...
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  • and largest city, Nairobi, the second largest and the coastal city of Mombasa, the third largest and inland port city of Kisumu,the newly elevated City...
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    The Mombasa Hospital, established by the British in 1891 as the English Hospital, is the oldest and largest private hospital in Coast Province of Kenya...
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  • Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) is a public university located in the coastal city of Mombasa. It is amongst the oldest institution of higher learning...
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