Malindi District was a former

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in the

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. Its

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was the coastal town of

Malindi Malindi is a town on Malindi Bay at the mouth of the Sabaki River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is 120 kilometres northeast of Mombasa. The population of Malindi was 119,859 as of the 2019 census. It is the largest urban centre ...

. When it was eliminated and merged into Kilifi County in 2010, the district had a population of 544,30

Malindi Town is increasingly becoming known as Kenya’s version of "Little

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". Italians now own more than 2,500 properties

and the number of Italian residents in Malindi town and its environs, estimated at slightly over 3,000, is the largest

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an population compared to other European populations anywhere in Kenya.

Overview

The Italian embassy is the only foreign mission with a resident consul in Malindi to aid its population. In the preelections held in November 2007 for the Kenyan general election, 2007 Mr. Amason Jeffah Kingi, an Advocate of the High Court, was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Magarini Parliamentary constituency and Mr. Gideon Mung'aro, the former Mayor of Malindi, was elected as a member of Parliament for the Malindi constituency. Mr. Amason Kingi was consequently appointed to the cabinet where he currently serves as the Minister for East African Community.

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is a major industry while inland areas are rural.

Subdivision

Villages of

Watamu Watamu is a small town located approximately 105 km north of Mombasa and about 15 km south of Malindi on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It lies on a small headland, between the Blue Lagoon and Watamu Bay. Its main economic activities ...

and Gedi are part of the Malindi division.

Electoral constituencies

The district had two constituencies: *

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Magarini Constituency Magarini Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kilifi County, Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = ...

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