Kwale County

Kwale County
County

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County location in Kenya
Coordinates: 4°10′S 39°27′E / 4.167°S 39.450°E / -4.167; 39.450Coordinates: 4°10′S 39°27′E / 4.167°S 39.450°E / -4.167; 39.450
Country  Kenya
Formed March 4, 2013
Capital Kwale
Largest town Ukunda
Government
 • Governor Salim Mvuria
Area
 • Total 8,270.3 km2 (3,193.2 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 649,931[1]
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)
Website www.kwalecountygov.com

Kwale County is a county in the former Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kwale, although Ukunda is the largest town.

Kwale county has an estimated population of 649,931.[1]

Kwale is mainly an inland county, but it has coastline south of Mombasa. Diani Beach is part of the Msambweni division. Shimba Hills National Reserve and Mwaluganje elephant sanctuary are other attractions in the county.

Distribution and Demographics

Main ethnic communities in the county include the Digo and Duruma clans of the larger Mijikenda tribe and also a significant presence of the Kamba tribe.

The Digos are the majority in Msambweni, Lunga Lunga and Matuga while the Durumas are the dominant in Kinango. Most Kambas are found in Kinango and Lunga Lunga.

The county has four constituencies:

Local authorities (councils)
Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
KwaleTown28,4704,196
Kwale CountyCounty467,66362,095
Total-496,13366,291
* 1999 census. Source:[2]
Administrative divisions
Division Population* Urban pop.* Headquarters
Kinango72,0271,626Kinango
Kubo, Kwale County48,7690
Matuga73,3773,996Kwale
Msambweni211,81455,964Msambweni
Samburu91,0110Samburu
Shimba Hills1350
Total496,13361,586-
* 1999 census. Sources:[3][4]

Samburu should not be confused with Samburu County.

Towns and settlements

References

  1. 1 2 "Kenya Census 2009 - Census - Kenya". Scribd. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ↑ http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
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