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Shimoni
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Shimoni is a port village and tourist destination in Lunga Lunga Constituency, Kwale County. It is in southeastern Kenya near the border with Tanzania and directly across from Wasini Island.

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Place details

Locality
Pongwe Kikoneni ward
Region
Kwale
Country
Kenya
Population
2,374
Timezone
Africa/Nairobi

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Key facts

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Location of Shimoni in Kenya
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Clockwise from top-left: Downtown Shimoni;A downtown shop;A sign for the Shimoni Slave Cave;Shimoni's Post Office;A mosque;
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Country
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Kenya
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County
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24px Kwale
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Kenya

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Kenya
Located in
Kwale County
Image
Shimoni Downtown.JPG
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Commons category
Shimoni
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • General Information
  • History
  • Conservation
  • Health
  • Tourism
  • References
  • External links

Shimoni is a port village and tourist destination in Lunga Lunga Constituency, Kwale County. It is in southeastern Kenya near the border with Tanzania and directly across from Wasini Island.

== General Information ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shimoni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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