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Faza
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Faza is a small town on the North coast on Pate Island, within the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya's former Coast Province.
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- Locality
- Faza ward
- Region
- Lamu
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 2,855
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
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- Population
- 7447
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- name in native language
- kibajuni
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Faza is a small town on the North coast on Pate Island, within the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya's former Coast Province.
Faza was known by the name of Ampaza by the Portuguese and dates back at least to the 14th century. In 1587, Faza was destroyed by the Portuguese as the local Sheikh had supported Mir Ali Beg, a notorious privateer who had earlier played a key role in ousting the Portuguese from Muscat. The Portuguese arrived from Goa with some 650 men on their punitive expedition, and unleashed their fury on Faza. Everybody they could find was killed, including the local Sheikh. The Portuguese preserved his head in a barrel of salt for display in India. After four days of looting they invited Faza's arch-rivals from Pate town to take away anything that they liked from Faza.
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