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Kilifi

Eastern Africa

Kilifi is a town in Kilifi County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Coast Province. GeoNames locates it at 3.63 degrees south and 39.85 degrees east, at about 24 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 74,270 inhabitants, against 43,388 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 1.7 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 2,662 inhabitants in 1969.

Facts
Population
74,270 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
24 2
Latitude
3.63045 degrees south 2
Longitude
39.84992 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
Yes 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Connections

Has Capital

Kilifi County, States or Territories
Source Kilifi County (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Table row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
    CO 2,662... 14,145 30,394 43,388 74,270
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    CO 2,662... 14,145 30,394 43,388 74,270
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2. GeoNames: Kilifi
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 74,270
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 24 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -3.63045, 39.84992
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 24 m
  • Part Of: Kenya, GeoNames page, country hierarchy
    Kenya KE Country
  • On Continent: Africa, GeoNames page, breadcrumb
    Africa › Kenya KE
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), GeoNames page, country hierarchy
    Kenya KE Country
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3. Kilifi (Wikipedia)
Lead
Quote, Lead
Kilifi is a town on the coast of Kenya, 56 kilometres (35 mi) northeast of Mombasa by road.
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-3.75 39.75 As
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Kilifi County (Wikipedia)
Has Capital: Kilifi County, Lead, capital
Quote, Has Capital: Kilifi County, Lead, capital
Its capital is Kilifi and its largest town is Malindi
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