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Mtwapa
Mtwapa is a town located in Kenya's Kilifi County. The town is situated approximately north-east of Mombasa on the Mombasa-Malindi road. The town is also the location of the Mombasa-Mtwapa matatu terminus. Mtwapa Creek is an Indian Ocean inlet at Mtwapa, which is the border between Mombasa and Mtwapa (connected through a bridge). Mtwapa Creek is a starting point for deep sea fishing tours. In town is a 19th-century prison more commonly known as Shimo la tewa. == Origins of the town's name == There are unconfirmed myths about how the town gained its name. One such myth is that the original community in the area would often seek acknowledgment if the person living in the area was "mtu wa hapa" - in Swahili, this loosely translates to 'he who lives among us'. The phrase was used to prevent a person otherwise unknown to the rest of the community from being ostracized from the area as an outsider.
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