Mtwapa is a town located in

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Kilifi County Kilifi County was formed in 2010 as a result of a merger of Kilifi District and Malindi District, Kenya. Its capital is Kilifi and its largest town is Malindi. Kilifi county is one of the five counties that harbor the Kenyan Coast with 109k ...

. It is situated north of

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 ...

on the Mombasa-Malindi road. It is close to the

Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve is a marine park and national reserve in Mombasa, Kenya. The park is 10 km (2,500 acres) while the reserve is 200 km (49,400 acres). It is located on the coast near tourist areas and is a popu ...

and Jumba la Mtwana. Two informal settlements in Mtwapa, Majengo and Mzambarauni, are participating in the

UN-HABITAT The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1977 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settleme ...

Participatory Slum Upgrading Program. It is run by resident committees and aims to provide every household with drinking water and a toilet. Mtwapa is also a destination for sex tourism, including child sex tourism. Mtwapa is a cosmopolitan town having a sizeable population of foreign residents and non residents mostly of Caucasian origin. The town is known for a vibrant nightlife. It also hosts a large number of hospitality joints, priced fairly, ranging from lodges, hotels Air BnBs and leased apartments.

The population of Mtwapa

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Climate

Mtwapa has a

tropical wet and dry climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...

(

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: ''As''). The rainiest months are April, May, June and October–November. Mtwapa climate

Jumba la Mtwana

Jumba la Mtwana is the site of archaeological relics, lying close to the Mtwapa Creek. It dates back to the fourteenth century.

In popular culture

Part of the events in the story of 2017 ''"Consummation in Mombasa"'' (by

Andrei Gusev Andrei Evgenievich Gusev (russian: link=no, Андрей Евгеньевич Гусев, born 27 October 1952) is a Russian writer and journalist. He is the author of 10 inventions, 23 published scientific works. One of his co-authors is a winne ...

) takes place in Mtwapa. The plot describes the Catholic wedding in Mombasa of the main characters (Russian writer Andy and the girl Jennifer, who was born in Kenya) and then their life in Mtwapa. ''«Консуммация в Момбасе»''
by

, 2017 .

References

Swahili people Swahili city-states Swahili culture Populated places in Coast Province Mombasa Kilifi County Monuments and memorials in Kenya {{CoastKE-geo-stub

The population of Mtwapa

Climate

Jumba la Mtwana

In popular culture

See also

References