East Africa
Kenya
Kwale County

Ukunda

Ukunda is a coastal town 25.8 km south of . It is adjacent to , a major tourist area. The urban population was 77,686 in 2019.
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  • Type: Town with 100,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Ukundu”
  • Postal code: 80400

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ukunda Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Toppazz, CC BY 3.0.
is a regional near in , Kenya. The airport serves the local areas of , Ukunda, and . The airport is unofficially known as Diani airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diani Beach and Magutu.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a resort area on the Indian Ocean in , 30 km south of . It is the most tourist-oriented beach of the so-called South Coast. It is separated from the Tiwi Beach to the north by the Kongo River.

Village
The Central Province was a region in central until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. It covered an area of 11,449 km2 and was located to the north of and west of .

Village
is a small settlement and beach resort in . It is located north of , and is approximately 17 kilometres south of . The area is served by and the A14 road via the Likoni Ferry from Mombasa. is situated 5 km north of Ukunda.

Ukunda

Latitude
-4.2814° or 4° 16′ 53″ south
Longitude
39.5662° or 39° 33′ 58″ east
Population
100,000
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
IATA airport code
UKA
United Nations Location Code
KE UKA
Open location code
6G7XPH98+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44914382
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
178792
Wiki­data ID
Q1251356
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Zulu—“Ukunda” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Ukunda”
  • Finnish: “Ukunda”
  • French: “Ukunda”
  • German: “Ukunda”
  • Irish: “Ukunda”
  • Japanese: “ウクンダ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ukunda”
  • Norwegian: “Ukunda”
  • Polish: “Ukunda”
  • Spanish: “Ukunda”
  • Swahili: “Ukunda”
  • Western Frisian: “Ukunda”
  • Zulu: “Ukunda”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ukunda”. Photo: Uli2, Public domain.