Malindi District

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Malindi District is an administrative district in the Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital is the coastal town of Malindi. The district has a population of 544,303 [1]. Malindi Town is increasingly becoming known as Kenya’s version of "Little Italy". Italians now own more than 2,500 properties, [2] and the number of Italian residents in Malindi town and its environs, estimated at slightly over 3,000, is the largest European population compared to other European populations anywhere in Kenya.

The Italian embassy is the only foreign mission with a resident consul in Malindi to aid its population. There are also speculations that, during the next coming general elections in Kenya, Mr Franco Esposito (Kenyan-Italian), a former chief executive officer with the San Marco Space Centre in Ngomeni area of Malindi District, will be a candidate for the Magarini Parliamentary seat.

Tourism is a major industry while inland areas are rural.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Malindi	Municipality	117,735	53,805
Malindi county	County	163,817	3,854
Total	-	281,552	57,659
* 1999 census. Source: [3]

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Magarini	68,603	3,508
Malindi	168,806	51,100	Malindi
Marafa	44,142	0	Marafa
Tsavo East N.P.	0	0
Total	281,552	54,608	-
* 1999 census. Sources: [4], [5],

Villages of Watamu and Gede are part of the Malindi division.

The district has two constituencies: Malindi and Magarini.