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Ukunda is a coastal town 25.8 south of
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Ukunda is a coastal town 25.8 south of Mombasa
Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...
. It is adjacent to Diani Beach
Diani Beach is a beach on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is located south of Mombasa, in Kwale County.
Tourism
The beach is about long, from the Kongo river in the north to Galu beach in the south (the southern point of reference is an ...
, a major tourist area. The urban population was 77,686 in 2019.
Location
Ukunda is located inKwale County
Kwale County is a county in the former Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kwale, although Ukunda is the largest town.
Kwale County has an estimated population of 866,820.
Kwale is mainly an inland county, but has a coastline south of ...
, Coast Province
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 provin ...
, adjacent and to the immediate west of Diani Beach
Diani Beach is a beach on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is located south of Mombasa, in Kwale County.
Tourism
The beach is about long, from the Kongo river in the north to Galu beach in the south (the southern point of reference is an ...
. and north of the town of Lunga Lunga, at the border with Tanzania. The coordinates of Ukunda are: 4°17'15.0"S, 39°33'58.0"E (Latitude: -4.287500; Longitude: 39.566111).
Transport
Highway A-14 starts in Mombasa and runs through Ukunda, continuing south through Lunga Lunga, crossing the border into Tanzania to Tanga, ending just outsideMorogoro
Morogoro is a city located in the eastern part of Tanzania, approximately 196 kilometers (122 miles) west of Dar es Salaam.
Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
It serves as the capital of the Morogoro Region. Informally, it is referred to as ''Mji ...
. Ukunda is served by the Ukunda Airport
Diani Airport is a small airfield near Diani Beach in Kwale County, Kenya. The airport serves the local areas of Diani, Ukunda, Tiwi and Msambweni.
Services
The airport started operating Air Kenya services to and from Nairobi's Wilson ai ...
.
New businesses
In November 2015, Kenyan print media indicated thatNaivas Supermarkets
Naivas Supermarket, often referred to simply as "Naivas", is the largest supermarket chain in Kenya, with 106 outlets as of November 2024. At that time, it was the largest supermarket chain in Kenya, ahead of Quick Mart Limited, which had 51 ou ...
had opened a store in Ukunda at Gate Mall outlets .
See also
*Kwale
Kwale is a small town in Mombasa and the capital of Kwale County, Kenya. It is located at ; 30 km southwest of Mombasa and 15 km inland. The town had an urban population of 10,063 (2019 census). It is next to the Shimba Hills Nation ...
* Diani Beach
Diani Beach is a beach on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is located south of Mombasa, in Kwale County.
Tourism
The beach is about long, from the Kongo river in the north to Galu beach in the south (the southern point of reference is an ...
* Msambweni
Msambweni (meaning "land of Msambwe") in Swahili) is a small fishing town and constituency in Kwale County of southeastern Kenya, formerly in Kwale District of Coast Province. The origin of the name, Msambwe (plural Misambwe) refers to a hardy ...
* List of supermarket chains in Kenya
This is the list of supermarket chains in Kenya.
Foreign-based supermarket chains
* Carrefour
* Village Supermarket
Locally based supermarket chains
* Chandarana Supermarkets
* Eastmatt Supermarkets
* Shivling supermarkets
* Cleanshelf s ...
* Historic Swahili Settlements
*Swahili architecture
Swahili people, Swahili architecture is a term used to designate a whole range of diverse building traditions practiced or once practiced along the eastern and southeastern coasts of Africa. Rather than simple derivatives of Islamic architecture ...
References
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