Mwatate is a village in Taita-Taveta District

Taita-Taveta District

Taita Taveta-District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in the Coast Province of that country. It lies approximately 200 km northwest of Mombasa and 360 km southeast of Nairobi city....

 in the southern side of the Taita Hills

Taita Hills

The Taita Hills, sometimes also spelled as Teita Hills, are a precambrian mountain range in the south-west of Kenya in Taita-Taveta District. The hills consist of three massifs namely Dabida, Sagalla in the southern side of Voi township and Kasigau in the south near the border of Tanzania...

. It is the headquarters of the Mwatate administrative division of the district.
Mwatate held the headquarters of the whole district during the British colonial rule from 1900 to 1912, when the headquarters moved to Voi

Voi

Voi is a market town in southern Kenya, lying on the edge of the Tsavo National Park. It lies at the junction of the railway lines from Nairobi to Mombasa and Taveta. Also the Voi Sisal Estates are located near the town. Voi is also located near some Taita villages like, Ikanga and...

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Teita sisal estate

Teita Sisal Estate

The Teita Sisal Estate is one of the largest sisal estates in the world. It is located in Kenya Coast Province in district of Taita-Taveta near the town of Mwatate. The company is active in growing sisal and in manufucturing sisal goods such as rope, sacks and baling twine, at its manufacturing...

, one of the largest sisal estates in world, is also located near the town of Mwatate.

Mwatate division has a total population of 56,365 . The division has an urban population of 3,386, all of them are from Mwatate location .

Mwatate has a railway station along the branch line from Voi to Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

. However, passenger service along the track has been suspended years ago.

The village of Bura

Bura, Taita-Taveta District, Kenya

Bura is a village in the Taita-Taveta District of Coast Province in Kenya, south of Wundanyi. Bura is located 10 kilometres west of Mwatate and its approximately 60 miles from the Indian Ocean. Administratively, Bura is a location in Mwatate division of Taita-Taveta District...

is located 10 kilometres west of Mwatate.