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'Coast Province' of Kenya, along the Indian Ocean, is one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi. It comprises the Indian Ocean coastal strip with the capital city at Mombasa and is inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili, among others. The province covers an area of 83,603 km² and has a population of 2,487,264 inhabitants (1999 census).
Other important towns on the coastal strip include Diani in the South, and Malindi, Watamu and Lamu in the North.
Diani is now also a tourist center, with palm trees and the white sandy beaches like Mombasa.
Malindi is where Vasco da Gama picked up his pilot to navigate with the monsoon winds to India.
Watamu is a small fishing community and East Africa's first Marine National Park.

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Climate

Districts

Climate

The climate is tropical humid.

Districts

District	Capital
Kilifi	Kilifi
Kwale	Kwale
Lamu	Lamu
Malindi	Malindi
Mombasa	Mombasa
Taita-Taveta	Wundanyi
Tana River	Hola