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List Of Colonial Heads Of Mombasa
Before 1502 the East African city of Mombasa was part of the Kilwa Sultanate. The independent Mombasa sultanate named ''Mvita'' (Swahili) or ''Manbasa'' (Arabic) was then established, but was conquered by the Portuguese Empire during the 16th century. After this control alternated between the Portuguese and the Sultanate of Oman, before the establishment of the British East Africa Protectorate in 1887. Mombasa became part of independent Kenya in 1963. {, border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse" , - align=left ! width="18%", Tenure ! width="30%", Incumbent ! width="20%", Notes , - valign=top , colspan="3", Portuguese Suzerainty , - valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" , 1593 to 1596, , Mateus de Vasconcelos, Captain-Major, , , - valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" , 1596 to 1598, , António de Andrade, Captain-Major, , , - valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" , 1598 to 1606, , Rui Soares de Melo, Captain-Major, , , - valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" , 1606 to 1609, , Gaspar Pereira, Captain-Major, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mombasa
Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is known as "the white and blue city" in Kenya. It is the country's oldest (circa 900 AD) and second-largest List of cities in Kenya, cityThe World Factbook . Cia.gov. Retrieved on 17 August 2013. after the capital Nairobi, with a population of about 1,208,333 people according to the 2019 census. Its metropolitan region is the second-largest in the country, and has a population of 3,528,940 people. Mombasa's location on the Indian Ocean made it a historical trading centre, and it has been controlled by ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
