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    Mombasa (/mɒmˈbæsə/ mom-BASS-ə; also US: /-ˈbɑːsə/ -⁠BAH-sə) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital...
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  • Look up Mombasa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mombasa is a city on the coast of Kenya. Mombasa may also refer to: Mombasa County, one of the 47...
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    the history of the kingozi. Mombasa Chijomvu is a subdialect of the Mombasa area. Kimvita is the major dialect of Mombasa (also known as "Mvita", which...
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    The Mombasa Republic is a proposed state that would encompass the former Coast Province of Kenya. The Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) in the main separatist...
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  • "Mombasa" is a song by the Finnish singer Taiska (Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen). The song, named after the city in Kenya, was released in 1975 and it is...
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  • The Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, completed in 2017, was built as the first phase of the Kenya Standard Gauge Railway. It is a standard-gauge...
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    Mombasa Road, also known as the Nairobi–Mombasa Road, or Mombasa–Nairobi Road or A109 Road (Kenya) is the main road between Nairobi, Kenya's capital and...
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    is the major port city of Mombasa, situated on Mombasa Island in the Indian Ocean and the surrounding mainland. Mombasa was the capital of the British...
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  • Mombasa District was one of the districts of Kenya. Its capital and the only town was Mombasa. By 2009, Kenya was divided into eight provinces, which...
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    Mombasa County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. Its capital is Mombasa. In terms of economy it is second after Nairobi. Initially it was one of the...
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  • Mombasa Island is a 5 by 3 km (3.1 by 1.9 mi) coral outcrop located on Kenya's coast on the Indian Ocean, which is connected to the mainland by a causeway...
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    Mombasa Terminus is a terminus of the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya located in Miritini, a suburb of Mombasa. The station building is...
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  • One-Way Ticket to Mombasa (Menolippu Mombasaan) is a 2002 Finnish film directed by Hannu Tuomainen. Pete (played by Antti Tarvainen) is a seventeen-year-old...
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    International Airport (IATA: MBA, ICAO: HKMO) is an international airport in Mombasa, the second-largest city in Kenya. In 2020, the airport was heralded as...
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    The 2002 Mombasa attacks were a two-pronged terrorist attack on 28 November 2002 in Mombasa, Kenya against an Israeli-owned hotel and a plane belonging...
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  • The Battle of Mombasa in 1528 was a military engagement between Portuguese forces under the command of the Portuguese governor of India Nuno da Cunha...
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    The Mombasa Hospital, established by the British in 1891 as the English Hospital, is the oldest and largest private hospital in Coast Province of Kenya...
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    Mombasa Cement Limited0706/01/85/07 (MCL) is an industrial company in Kenya specializing in the manufacture of construction materials. The company maintains...
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    Tudor is a subdivision of Mombasa, Kenya. The area is located to the north of Mombasa Island, bordered by Jomo Kenyatta Avenue to the south-west and Tudor...
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  • The Mombasa–Nairobi Expressway or Nairobi–Mombasa Expressway, also known as the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway, is a proposed four-lane toll highway in Kenya...
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    The siege of Mombasa was an attack on the Portuguese city of Mombasa and Fort Jesus by the army of the Ya'rubid ruler of Oman, Saif I bin Sultan, from...
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    The Hindu Union of Mombasa is one of Kenya's oldest Hindu organisation, which is based out of the port city of Mombasa. The Hindu Union was formed in...
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    The Battle of Mombasa in 1505 was a military engagement between Portuguese forces under the command of the first Viceroy of India Dom Francisco de Almeida...
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  • Before 1502, the East African city of Mombasa was part of the Kilwa Sultanate. The independent Mombasa sultanate named Mvita (Swahili) or Manbasa (Arabic)...
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    Majengo is a ward of Mombasa city, Kenya, located on Mombasa Island. It is estimated to have a population of 38,800 in 2011. It is divided between in...
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    Old Town is an area of Mombasa, Kenya. Situated on the south-east side of Mombasa Island, the Old Town covers an area of 72 hectares (180 acres), and is...
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  • Mombasa Air Safari (known as MAS) is a Kenya coast scheduled airline. Originally started in 1970 as Rapid Air, the company was purchased in 1974 and renamed...
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    new frontier, (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. mombasa.go.ke (28 July 2018). "History of Mombasa". Mombasa County. Archived from the original on 26 January...
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  • Mombasa Island North was an electoral constituency in Mombasa District of Coast Province. Created for the 1963 general elections, it is one of the three...
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  • Beyond Mombasa is a 1956 British-American Technicolor adventure film directed by George Marshall and starring Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed and Leo Genn. It...
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