Mombasa

Mombasa with a population of 1.2 million, is the second-largest city in Kenya and its main port city. It is particularly known for its warm and sunny climate, white beaches and coral reef diving.
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  • City with 1,300,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 20 metres (66 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code MBA
  • …is also known as “Mvita”
  • Description: city in Kenya
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Jesus and MEWA Hospital.

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, is a fort located on .

Hospital
is a hospital in Mombasa, Kenya.

Hospital
Established in 1944, the , in Mombasa…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyali and Mombasa Old Town.

Suburb
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is a residential area and Sub-County within…

Quarter
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The Old Town of Mombasa, also known as Mji Wa Kale…

Quarter
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is a subdivision of Mombasa, .

Mombasa

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Latitude
-4.0505° or 4° 3′ 2″ south
Longitude
39.6672° or 39° 40′ 2″ east
UN/LOCODE
KE MBA
Open location code
6G7XWMX8+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44927060
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
186301
Wiki­data ID
Q225641

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Mombasa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mombasa”
  • Albanian: “Mombasa”
  • Arabic: “ممباسة”
  • Arabic: “منباسة”
  • Arabic: “مُنْبَاسَة”
  • Arabic: “منبسة”
  • Arabic: “مومباسا”
  • Armenian: “Մոմբասա”
  • Asturian: “Mombasa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mombasa”
  • Basque: “Mombasa”
  • Belarusian: “Мамбаса”
  • Bengali: “মোম্বাসা”
  • Bishnupriya: “মোমবাকা”
  • Breton: “Mombasa”
  • Bulgarian: “Момбаса”
  • Catalan: “Mombasa”
  • Catalan: “Mombassa”
  • Catalan: “Mumbassa”
  • Cebuano: “Mombasa”
  • Central Kanuri: “Mombasa”
  • Chinese: “慢八撒”
  • Chinese: “慢巴撒”
  • Chinese: “蒙巴萨”
  • Chinese: “蒙巴萨市”
  • Chinese: “蒙巴薩”
  • Croatian: “Mombasa”
  • Czech: “Mombasa”
  • Danish: “Mombasa”
  • Danish: “Mombassa”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Mombasa”
  • Dutch: “Mombasa”
  • Dutch: “Mombassa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مومباسا”
  • Esperanto: “Mombasa”
  • Esperanto: “Mombaso”
  • Estonian: “Mombasa”
  • Finnish: “Mombasa”
  • French: “Mombasa”
  • French: “Mombassa”
  • Galician: “Mombasa”
  • Georgian: “მომბასა”
  • German: “Mombasa”
  • Greek: “Μομπάσα”
  • Guarani: “Mombása”
  • Gujarati: “મોમ્બાસા”
  • Haitian: “Mombasa”
  • Hausa: “Mombasa”
  • Hebrew: “מומבסה”
  • Hindi: “मोम्बासा”
  • Hungarian: “Mombasa”
  • Iban: “Mombasa”
  • Icelandic: “Mombasa”
  • Ido: “Mombasa”
  • Indonesian: “Mombasa”
  • Interlingua: “Mombasa”
  • Interlingua: “Mombassa”
  • Interlingue: “Mombasa”
  • Irish: “Mombasa”
  • Italian: “Mombasa”
  • Japanese: “モンバサ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Mombasa”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾಮ್ಬಸ”
  • Kannada: “ಮೊಂಬಾಸ”
  • Karekare: “Mombasa”
  • Kazakh: “Момбаса”
  • Kikuyu: “Mombasa”
  • Korean: “몸바사”
  • Latin: “Mombasa”
  • Latvian: “Mombasa”
  • Lingala: “Mombása”
  • Lithuanian: “Mombasa”
  • Low German: “Mombasa”
  • Macedonian: “Момбаса”
  • Madurese: “Mombasa”
  • Malagasy: “Mombasa”
  • Malay: “Mombasa”
  • Maori: “Mombasa”
  • Marathi: “मोंबासा”
  • Marathi: “मोम्बासा”
  • Mazanderani: “مومباچا”
  • Moksha: “Момбаса”
  • Mongolian: “Момбаса”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mombasa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mombasa”
  • Norwegian: “Mombasa”
  • Ossetian: “Момбасæ”
  • Papiamento: “Mombasa”
  • Pedi: “Mombasa”
  • Persian: “ممباسا”
  • Persian: “ممباسه”
  • Persian: “منباسه”
  • Persian: “مومباسا”
  • Polish: “Mombasa”
  • Portuguese: “Mombaça”
  • Portuguese: “Mombasa”
  • Portuguese: “Mombassa”
  • Pushto: “مومباسا”
  • Romanian: “Mombasa”
  • Russian: “Момбас”
  • Russian: “Момбаса”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱳᱢᱵᱟᱥᱟ”
  • Scots: “Mombasa”
  • Serbian: “Mombasa”
  • Serbian: “Момбаса”
  • Shona: “Mombasa”
  • Sindhi: “ممباسا”
  • Sinhala: “මොම්බාසා”
  • Slovak: “Mombasa”
  • Slovenian: “Mombasa”
  • Somali: “Mombaaso”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مومباسا”
  • Spanish: “Kisiwa Cha Mvita”
  • Spanish: “Manbasa”
  • Spanish: “Mombasa”
  • Spanish: “Monbasa”
  • Swahili: “Mombasa”
  • Swedish: “Mombasa”
  • Tagalog: “Mombasa”
  • Tajik: “Момбаса”
  • Tamil: “மொம்பாசா”
  • Telugu: “మోంబస”
  • Thai: “โมมบาซา”
  • Tumbuka: “Mombasa”
  • Turkish: “Mombasa”
  • Ukrainian: “Момбаса”
  • Urdu: “ممباسا”
  • Urdu: “منباسا”
  • Urdu: “منباسہ”
  • Urdu: “منبسہ”
  • Uzbek: “Mombasa”
  • Venetian: “Mombasa”
  • Veps: “Mombas”
  • Vietnamese: “Mombasa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mombasa”
  • Welsh: “Mombasa”
  • Welsh: “Mombassa”
  • Western Frisian: “Mombasa”
  • Wu Chinese: “蒙巴萨”
  • Yoruba: “Mombasa”
  • Yue Chinese: “蒙巴薩”
  • Zulu: “Mombasa”

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