Kiongwe
Kiongwe is a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province. Lying on the shore of the Indian Ocean it serves as a popular coastal tourism centre. The settlement has a population of 845 people as per the 2015 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mpeketoni and Mapenya.
Mpeketoni
Village
Photo: MamboAI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mpeketoni is a town in Lamu County, on the Kenyan coast. It is a settlement scheme started in the 1960s by the first president of the Republic of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta. The settlement is near a fresh water lake bearing his name. Mpeketoni is situated 9 km west of Kiongwe.
Mapenya
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. Mapenya is situated 10 km west of Kiongwe.
Kiongwe
- Type: Village
- Description: settlement in Coast Province
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lamu, Coastal Kenya, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-2.3833° or 2° 22′ 60″ southLongitude
40.7833° or 40° 46′ 60″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
6H92JQ8M+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 44932069OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kiongwe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kiongwe”
- Dutch: “Kiongwe”
- Irish: “Kiongwe”
- Swedish: “Kiongwe”
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