Mombasa

Summary

Mombasa is a city^[1]. Mombasa ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,376 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mombasa was a member of Organization of World Heritage Cities^[3].
• Mombasa is located in Mombasa County^[4].
• Mombasa is in the country of Kenya^[5].
• Mombasa's head of government is recorded as Abdulsamad Shariff Nassir^[6].
• Mombasa's image is recorded as Downtown Mombasa.jpg^[7].
• Mombasa's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Mombasa's instance of is recorded as port city^[9].
• Mombasa's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Mombasa's official language is recorded as Swahili^[11].
• Mombasa's official language is recorded as English^[12].
• Mombasa's flag image is recorded as Mombasa flag.png^[13].
• Mombasa's coat of arms image is recorded as Mombasa County Coat of Arms.png^[14].
• Mombasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Seattle^[15].
• Mombasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Long Beach^[16].
• Mombasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fuzhou^[17].
• Mombasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Honolulu County^[18].
• Mombasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Durban^[19].
• Mombasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Honolulu^[20].
• Mombasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bergen^[21].
• Mombasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lianyungang^[22].
• Mombasa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125477296^[23].
• Mombasa's GND ID is recorded as 4040023-2^[24].
• Mombasa's locator map image is recorded as Mombasa County in Kenya.svg^[25].
• Mombasa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79055155^[26].
• Mombasa's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11932515c^[27].

Body

Geography

Mombasa is in the country of Kenya^[5]. Mombasa is located in Mombasa County^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Mombasa's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+294.7'}^[28]. Mombasa's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+50'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1300000'}^[30], {'amount': '+1200000'}^[31], {'amount': '+1208333'}^[32], {'amount': '+939370'}^[33], {'amount': '+665018'}^[34], and {'amount': '+461753'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], port city^[9], and big city^[10].

History and Context

+1593-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Mombasa^[36].

Why It Matters

Mombasa ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,376 views/month).^[2] Mombasa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Mombasa is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]