
Country: Kenya About 1,208,333 people called Mombasa home in the 2019 census, making it Kenya’s second-largest city after Nairobi and its oldest. Along the Indian Ocean in southeastern Kenya, it now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. Its blue and white Central Business District reflects the sea, while its history includes a turn as the first capital of British East Africa before Nairobi took over in 1907.
