Mariakani
Sign in to savethumb | right | Mariakani Mariakani is a town in Kenya lying on the boundary of Kaloleni and Kinango subcounties (formerly Kilifi and Kwale respectively) in the former Coast Province and Now Coast Region of Kenya, 36 kilometres northwest of the port city of Mombasa.
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It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Coast Province.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Mariakani
- Region
- Kwale
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 31,715
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
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thumb | right | Mariakani Mariakani is a town in Kenya lying on the boundary of Kaloleni and Kinango subcounties (formerly Kilifi and Kwale respectively) in the former Coast Province and Now Coast Region of Kenya, 36 kilometres northwest of the port city of Mombasa.
== Origin == The origin of the centre is set in the 20th Century. Mariakani Town emerge not long time ago as it is a town that came after Mombasa and Voi Town in now coast region. after Kenya-Uganda Railway was Finished. traders threw away their weaponry at this spot as a peace sign when approaching Mombasa as the Sultan of that time did not allow traders to enter the island with any kind of weaponry. Therefore, the area became known as Mariakani which translates to "the place of quivers". riaka is the Mijikenda word for quiver.
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