Mombasa District
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Mombasa District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya. Its capital and the only town is Mombasa.
Kenya is divided into eight provinces, which are subdivided into seventy-one districts. In Coast Province there are 7 districts, Mombasa being one of them. It is situated in the southeast of Coast Province. It is the smallest in size covering an area of 294.6 km² inclusive of 65 km² of water mass. The district lies between latitudes 30 80’ and 40 10’ south of the equator and longitudes 390 60’ and 390 80’ east.[citation needed]
The district and the town are divided into four divisions namely:
- Mombasa Island – 14.1 km²
- Changamwe – 54.5 km²
- Likoni – 51. 3 km²
- Kisauni - 109.7 km²
The district has four constituencies: Changamwe, Kisauni, Likoni and Mvita.
Mombasa District lies within the coast lowland, which rises gradually from the sea level in the east to slightly over 76.2m above sea level in the mainland west. The highest point is at Nguu Taita hills in the mainland North that rises up to 12 m above sea level.
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