Takaungu
Takaungu is a historic Swahili town located on the Kenyan Coast between Mombasa and Malindi, in Kilifi County. It is 10 kilometres south of the town of Kilifi, in the Kikambala division.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mnarani and Mkongani.
Mnarani
Village
Mnarani is a settlement in Kenya's Kilifi County in the former Coast Province. It is located on the Kilifi Creek and just south of Kilifi town, which can be reached by crossing the Kilifi Bridge. Mnarani is situated 4½ km north of Takaungu.
Mkongani
Village
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. Mkongani is situated 6 km west of Takaungu.
Kilifi
Photo: DocWoKav, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kilifi is a coastal town in Kenya located in Kilifi County, part of the Coastal Kenya region. This small town, not very popular with tourists, is beautifully situated on a large bay that extends deep into the land, with a long sandy beach by the sea.
Takaungu
- Type: Village with 10,800 residents
- Description: small village on the Kenyan coast
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kilifi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-3.6833° or 3° 40′ 60″ southLongitude
39.85° or 39° 51′ eastPopulation
10,800Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
6G8X8R8X+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 44915131OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
179634Wikidata ID
Q3236500
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Takaungu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “طقنجة”
- Bulgarian: “Такаунгу”
- Cebuano: “Takaungu”
- Chinese: “塔卡温古”
- Chinese: “塔卡溫古”
- Dutch: “Takaungu”
- Fulah: “Takaungu”
- Irish: “Takaungu”
- Polish: “Takaungu”
- Romanian: “Takaungu”
- Spanish: “Takaungu”
- Swahili: “Takaungu”
- Swedish: “Takaungu”
- Zulu: “Takaungu”
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