Bamburi
'Bamburi, from the local bantu words "Ba" and "Mburi", is a commercial, industrial and local electoral, administrative and a tourist and residential area on the Kenyan north-coast which extends from the coastline on the Indian Ocean to the surrounding middle and low-income settlements on the mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haller Park and Bamburi Airport.
Haller Park
Zoo
Photo: Zahra Abdulmajid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haller Park is a nature park in Bamburi, Mombasa, on the Kenyan coast. It is the transformation of a quarry wasteland into an ecological area. Haller Park holds a variety of plant and animal species which serve as a recreation spot for tourists and locals.
Bamburi Airport
Aerodrome
Bamburi Airport is a small airstrip located near Bamburi, north of Mombasa along Kenya’s coast. It primarily serves private charters and light aircraft, providing convenient access to nearby resorts, beaches, and residential areas. Bamburi Airport is situated 3 km northeast of Bamburi.
Braeburn Mombasa International School
School
Mombasa is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mto Panga and Nyali.
Mto Panga
Quarter
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. Mto Panga is situated 2½ km west of Bamburi.
Nyali
Suburb
Photo: FredD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nyali is a residential area and Sub-County within Mombasa City, located on the mainland north of Mombasa County. It is connected to Mombasa Island by the New Nyali Bridge. Nyali is situated 5 km south of Bamburi.
Mtwapa
Photo: Omondi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mtwapa is in Coastal Kenya. It is a dusty place, about 15 km north of Mombasa and one of the fastest growing communities in Kenya with about 91,000 inhabitants in 2019.
Bamburi
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mombasa County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-4° or 4° southLongitude
39.7166° or 39° 42′ 60″ eastElevation
22 metres (72 feet)IATA airport code
BMQUnited Nations Location Code
KE BMQOpen location code
6G8X2P28+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 45006858OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swahili—“Bamburi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بامبوري”
- Dutch: “Bamburi”
- German: “Bamburi”
- Irish: “Bamburi”
- Japanese: “バンブリ”
- Swahili: “Bamburi (Kampuni)”
- Swahili: “Bamburi, Kenya”
- Swahili: “Bamburi”
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