Takaungu

Takaungu is a small rural village located on the Kenyan Coast between Mombasa and Malindi, in Kilifi County. It is 10 kilometres south of the Kilifi town, in the Kikambala division. The town has population of 1500 . Fishing and a local coral quarry are the main industries. The population consists of Swahili Muslims, mostly living in or near the town center and a sizable Christian community in the shambas or countryside that surrounds it.

Takaungu was settled in the early 19th century by members and clients of the Mazrui family. Migrating fishers from the Bajun Islands to the north had probably founded a temporary fishing village there before the Mazrui arrived (as they are known to have done at many places along the coast). Certainly other Bajun migrated in numbers to the growing settlement (Koffsky 1977^[1]) and later Mijikenda also moved to the town. Takaungu has grown considerably in size and where once there were shambas (farming plots) today there are houses, and the shambas have moved to the outskirts of the present town.^[2]

The primary languages are Kigiriama, used predominantly by the local Giriama tribe (part of the broader group of Coastal tribes called Mijikenda, meaning "nine villages") and Kiswahili.

The regional headquarters of a non-governmental development organization, the East African Center, are located in Takaungu.^[3]

References

↑ Koffsky, Peter L. (1977). History of Takaungu, East Africa, 1830-1896. University of Wisconsin--Madison.
↑ Versleijen, N.; Hoorweg, J. (1 January 2008). "From Farming to Fishing: Marine Resource Conservation and a New Generation of Fishermen". Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science. p. 4. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) license.
↑ "Home | East African Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children". Home | East African Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children. Retrieved 2018-10-11.

Coordinates: 3°41′S 39°51′E / 3.683°S 39.850°E / -3.683; 39.850

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[1] Koffsky, Peter L. (1977). History of Takaungu, East Africa, 1830-1896. University of Wisconsin--Madison.

[2] Versleijen, N.; Hoorweg, J. (1 January 2008). "From Farming to Fishing: Marine Resource Conservation and a New Generation of Fishermen". Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science. p. 4. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) license.

[3] "Home | East African Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children". Home | East African Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children. Retrieved 2018-10-11.