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2 unusual facts about Coast Province


Coast Province

Malindi is where Vasco da Gama picked up his pilot to navigate with the monsoon winds to India; Mambrui appears to be the site where contact occurred with the Chinese during the era of the Yongle Emperor and the expeditions of Zheng He.

Schreyerite

Schreyerite (V2Ti3O9), is a vanadium, titanium oxide mineral found in the Lasamba Hill, Kwale district in Coast Province Kenya.


Tsavo East National Park

Situated in a semi-arid area previously known as the Taru Desert it opened in April 1948, it is located near the town of Voi in the Taita-Taveta District of Coast Province.

Wesu District Hospital

It is located in the town of Wundanyi, which is in Wuchichi sub-location, Wundanyi division, Taita district, Wundanyi Constituency, Coast Province.


see also

Pasha Centre

The other five locations are Malindi (Coast Province), South Imenti (Eastern Province), Garrisa (North-Eastern Province), Siaya (Nyanza Province) and Mukuru Kiaba (Nairobi Province).

Wilfred Lai

He went and joined Life Ministry (Christian Campus for Christ) in Nairobi in 1983 he was then transferred to Mombasa where he was the Director of Coast Province, he was also the assistant pastor of the local Redeemed Gospel Church.