Mtwapa | |
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  Mtwapa Location of Mtwapa | |
| Coordinates: 3°57′00″S 39°44′40″E / 3.95000°S 39.74444°E | |
| Country | Kenya |
| County | Kilifi County |
| Division | Kikambala Division |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Mtwapa is a town located in Kenya's Kilifi County. It is situated 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Mombasa on the Mombasa-Malindi road.[1] It is close to the Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve and Jumba la Mtwana.[2] Two informal settlements in Mtwapa, Majengo and Mzambarauni, are participating in the UN-HABITAT Participatory Slum Upgrading Program.[3] It is run by resident committees and aims to provide every household with drinking water and a toilet.[4][5]
Mtwapa is also a destination for sex tourism, including child sex tourism.[6][7][8]
Mtwapa is a cosmopolitan town having a sizeable population of foreign residents and non residents mostly of Caucasian origin. The town is known for a vibrant nightlife. It also hosts a large number of hospitality joints, priced fairly, ranging from lodges, hotels Air BnBs and leased apartments.[citation needed]
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- ^ "Mtwapa - Information Guide Mtwapa City Mombasa Coast". 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Mtwapa Informal Settlement Upgrading Programme: Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme". www.urbanagendaplatform.org. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Slum Almanac 2015/2016 Tracking Improvement in the Lives of Slum Dwellers" (PDF). UN-HABITAT. p. 49. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "UN-Habitat project transform informal settlements into sustainable communities". UN-Water. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Minors exploited in Coast sex tourism haven". Daily Nation. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Child sex tourism thriving in Kenya's port city of Mombasa". ABC News. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ Standard, The. "Inside the dark trade of child sex tourism". The Standard. Retrieved 31 January 2017.