Takaungu

Takaungu is a small rural village located at the Kenyan Coast between Mombasa and Malindi, in Kilifi County. It is 10 kilometres south of the Kilifi metropolis, within the Kikambala department. The town has populace of 1500. Fishing and a local coral quarry are the principle industries. The population consists of Swahili Muslims, usually residing in or near the town middle and a extensive Christian network within the shambas or geographical region that surrounds it. Takaungu changed into settled in the early 19th century via individuals and clients of the Mazrui own family. Migrating fishers from the Bajun Islands to the north had probable founded a transient fishing village there earlier than the Mazrui arrived.

Certainly different Bajun migrated in numbers to the developing agreement and later Mijikenda additionally moved to the city. Takaungu has grown considerably in length and wherein once there had been shambas nowadays there are houses, and the shambas have moved to the outskirts of the present metropolis. The number one languages are Kigiriama, used predominantly by using the local Giriama tribe and Kiswahili.