Kenya
Coastal Kenya
Kwale County

Diani Beach

Diani Beach 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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: beach on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya
  • Postal code: 80401

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ukunda Airport.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ukunda and Magutu.

Town
Photo: Uli2, Public domain.
is a coastal town 25.8 km south of . It is adjacent to Diani Beach, a major tourist area. The urban population was 77,686 in 2019.

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 . is situated 4 km west of Diani Beach.

Diani Beach

Latitude
-4.2906° or 4° 17′ 26″ south
Longitude
39.5858° or 39° 35′ 9″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
6G7XPH5P+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2093454051
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
199005
Wiki­data ID
Q1209035
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Zulu—“Diani Beach” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Diani Beach”
  • Chinese: “迪亞尼海灘”
  • Dutch: “Diani Beach”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شط ديانى”
  • French: “Diani Beach”
  • Fulah: “Diani Beach”
  • Georgian: “დაიანი-ბიჩი”
  • German: “Diani Beach”
  • Hausa: “Bakin tekun Diani”
  • Italian: “Diani Beach”
  • Japanese: “ダイアニ・ビーチ”
  • Japanese: “ダイアニ海岸”
  • Japanese: “ディアニ・ビーチ”
  • Japanese: “ディアニ海岸”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Diani Beach”
  • Norwegian: “Diani Beach”
  • Portuguese: “Praia de Diani”
  • Romanian: “Diani beach”
  • Romanian: “Diani Beach”
  • Russian: “Диани-Бич”
  • Spanish: “Playa de Diani”
  • Swahili: “Diani Beach, Kenya”
  • Swahili: “Diani Beach”
  • Swedish: “Diani Beach”
  • Swedish: “Diani”
  • Zulu: “Diani Beach”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Diani Beach”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.