Mtwapa

Mtwapa is a town located in Kenya's Kilifi County. It is situated 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Mombasa on the Mombasa-Malindi road.[1] It is close to the Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve and Jumba la Mtwana.[2] Two informal settlements in Mtwapa, Majengo and Mzambarauni, are participating in the UN-HABITAT Participatory Slum Upgrading Program.[3] It is run by resident committees and aims to provide every household with drinking water and a toilet.[4][5]

Mtwapa
Mtwapa is located in Kenya
Mtwapa
Mtwapa
Location of Mtwapa
Coordinates: 3°57′00″S 39°44′40″E
CountryKenya
CountyKilifi County
DivisionKikambala Division
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Mtwapa Creek Ferry, early 1950s
Fresh water tank vehicle (2020)
Copacabana beach at Mtwapa

Mtwapa is also a destination for sex tourism, including child sex tourism.[6][7][8]

Mtwapa is a cosmopolitan town having a sizeable population of foreign residents and non residents mostly of Caucasian origin. The town is known for a vibrant nightlife. It also hosts a large number of hospitality joints, priced fairly, ranging from lodges, hotels Air BnBs and leased apartments.

The population of Mtwapa

The population growth is shown in the following table.[9]

        Year         Population
1999 18,397
2009 48,426
2019 90,677

Climate

Mtwapa has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen: As). The rainiest months are April, May, June and October–November.

climate in mtwapa

Jumba la Mtwana

Jumba la Mtwana is the site of archaeological relics, lying close to the Mtwapa Creek. It dates back to the fourteenth century.[10]

Part of the events in the story of 2017 "Consummation in Mombasa" (by Andrei Gusev) takes place in Mtwapa. The plot describes the Catholic wedding in Mombasa of the main characters (Russian writer Andy and the girl Jennifer, who was born in Kenya) and then their life in Mtwapa.[11][12][13]

See also

References

  1. "Mombasa to B8".
  2. "Mtwapa - Information Guide Mtwapa City Mombasa Coast". 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. "Mtwapa Informal Settlement Upgrading Programme: Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme". www.urbanagendaplatform.org. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. "Slum Almanac 2015/2016 Tracking Improvement in the Lives of Slum Dwellers" (PDF). UN-HABITAT. p. 49. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. "UN-Habitat project transform informal settlements into sustainable communities". UN-Water. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. "Minors exploited in Coast sex tourism haven". Daily Nation. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  7. "Child sex tourism thriving in Kenya's port city of Mombasa". ABC News. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  8. Standard, The. "Inside the dark trade of child sex tourism". The Standard. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  9. "Kenia: Provinzen, Städte, Gemeinden & Urbane Zentren - Einwohnerzahlen in Karten und Tabellen".
  10. "Jumba la Mtwana, the ancient Swahili stone town". Daily Nation.
  11. Review of "Consummation in Mombasa" — on the site of public fund "Union of writers of Moscow", 2020 (in Russian)
  12. “Consummation in Mombasa” — in Lady’s Club, 2017 (in Russian)
  13. «Консуммация в Момбасе» by Andrei Gusev, 2017 (in Russian).
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