Taveta

Taveta is a town within the Taita-Taveta County, Kenya. Taveta metropolis is wedged right into a projection of Kenyan territory bordered at the north and west by Tanzania. The metropolis lies at the border with Tanzania, at once throughout from the town of Holili. This is approximately 111 kilometres, with the aid of road, west of Voi, the closest big city, on the Arusha Holili–Taveta–Voi Road. This lies approximately 305 kilometres, by means of avenue southeast of Nairobi, the capital and biggest town in Kenya. In addition to Mount Kilimanjaro, Taveta also enjoys proximity to Lake Chala, a volcanic freshwater lake of exceptional intensity.

Taveta prospers as a factor of commerce between Kenya and Tanzania, with a twice-weekly outdoor marketplace especially huge for a metropolis of its size. The market is fueled in component through Taveta's rail connection through Voi with the Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala line, constructed during the generation of British Kenya. Large numbers of humans stroll across the border from Tanzania to buy and sell wares in Taveta; smuggled items along with Tanzanian rubies and coffee are on occasion available there.