Mombasa Island

E259634

island populated place

Mombasa Island is a coastal island in southeastern Kenya that hosts much of the city of Mombasa, including its historic Old Town and key port facilities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mombasa Island canonical	4
Old Town Mombasa	2
Port of Mombasa	2
Mombasa Old Town historic ensemble	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island ⓘ populated place ⓘ
adjacentTo	Kenyan mainland ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf	Mombasa County ⓘ
coastType	coral island coast ⓘ
connectedBy	Likoni Ferry ⓘ Canso Causeway ⓘ surface form: Makupa Causeway Nyali Bridge ⓘ
connectedTo	Changamwe on the mainland ⓘ Likoni on the mainland ⓘ Nyali on the mainland ⓘ
contains	Fort Jesus ⓘ Kilindini Harbour ⓘ Mombasa ⓘ surface form: Mombasa Central Business District Port of Mombasa ⓘ surface form: Mombasa Old Port Mombasa ⓘ surface form: Mombasa Old Town Port of Mombasa ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
ethnicComposition	predominantly Swahili and Mijikenda communities ⓘ
governedAs	part of Mombasa city administration ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater	Kilindini Harbour ⓘ Port Reitz Creek ⓘ Tudor Creek ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	former Portuguese stronghold ⓘ historic Omani Arab influence ⓘ historic Swahili trading center ⓘ
hasLandmark	Fort Jesus ⓘ Mombasa Tusks vicinity (CBD gateway) ⓘ Mombasa Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Town Mombasa
hasPort	Port of Mombasa ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure	Mombasa railway terminus vicinity ⓘ ferry crossing at Likoni ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Swahili
locatedIn	Coast Province ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Mombasa County ⓘ southeastern Kenya ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity	maritime trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ
nearbyIsland	Tudor Creek islets ⓘ
partOf	Coast Province, Kenya ⓘ surface form: Kenyan coast Mombasa ⓘ surface form: city of Mombasa
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
separatedFrom	mainland by Kilindini Harbour ⓘ mainland by Tudor Creek ⓘ
timeZone	East Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+3 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mombasa → locatedOn → Mombasa Island ⓘ

Coast Province, Kenya → hasPort → Mombasa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Mombasa

Mombasa County → contains → Mombasa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Mombasa

Coast Province → contains → Mombasa Island ⓘ

Fort Jesus → locatedIn → Mombasa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Town Mombasa

Fort Jesus → partOf → Mombasa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mombasa Old Town historic ensemble

Mombasa Island → hasLandmark → Mombasa Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Town Mombasa

State House, Mombasa → locatedInCity → Mombasa Island ⓘ