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Diani beach is about 17 kilometers (11 mi) long, from the Kongo river to the north and Galu beach to the south (the southern point of reference is an old Baobab tree). Diani is one of the most prominent tourism resort areas of Kenya. The indigenous people of the area are Digo, one of the nine ethnic communities known as the Mijikenda. Today the area includes Kenyans of various ethnicities who have migrated to Diani, drawn by the promise of a tourism-related economy. With a population of over 100,000 inhabitants, the Diani/Ukunda urban area is one of the largest on the Kenyan coast and forms part of the larger Mombasa metropolitan region.