Mombasa

**Mombasa**
	city in Kenya
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Instance of	city; port city; big city;
Location	Mombasa County, Kenya
Official language	Swahili; English;
Head of government	Abdulsamad Shariff Nassir (2022–);
Present in work	Civilization V (City-state);
Inception	1593;
Significant event	Siege of Mombasa;
Population	1,208,333 (2019);
Area	294.7 km²;
Elevation above sea level	50 m;
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	4° 03′ 00″ S, 39° 40′ 00″ E
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	Q225641; VIAF cluster ID: 125477296; GND ID: 4040023-2; Library of Congress authority ID: n79055155; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11932515c; IdRef ID: 027239683; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10044558; National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810547327105606; J9U entity ID: 987007561804805171; OpenStreetMap node ID: 44927060
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located in the administrative territorial entity Mombasa County << Kenya

Location
aerial view
Fort Jesus
Catholic church Holy Spirit
downtown
old market hall
former post office
Shree Swamnarayan Academy
street scene in the city center
street scene in the city center
Elephant horns (metal)
beach
New Dwarikadham Temple, Nyali (Society for Krishna Consciousness temple)
Moi International Airport
port
RR Terminus
industrial quarter
Mombasa was under Portuguese rule from 1593 to 1698 and again from 1728 to 1729. Portuguese presence in Kenya lasted from 1498 until 1730.
map of 1888