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Mombasa

Mombasa is Kenya’s principal coastal port city, southeast of Nairobi.

Fast Facts

  • It lies on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast.
  • Nairobi is the national capital and UNEP headquarters location.
  • Transport corridors link the port with Kenya’s interior and neighbouring landlocked states.
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