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Unfortunately, interstellar travel was discovered just as the mainland's ports became useless. As a result, the [[space elevator]] and its attendant port system was constructed on Mombasa Island instead. Consequently, the island-city transformed into the hi-tech metropolis of New Mombasa, while the mainland area languished, closed off behind its useless seawall.

By 2552, Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, ~~ageing~~ 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings, old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines, and mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref>

By 2552, Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, aging 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings, old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines, and mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref>

==Mombasa Suspension Bridge==

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==Sources==

*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Outskirts]] (Level)''

*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Metropolis]] (Level)''

*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Turf]] (Level)''

*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Terminal (Level)|Terminal]] (Level)''

*''[[Halo: Graphic Novel]]- Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa''

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[[Category:Mombasa| ]]

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 Unfortunately, interstellar travel was discovered just as the mainland's ports became useless. As a result, the [[space elevator]] and its attendant port system was constructed on Mombasa Island instead. Consequently, the island-city transformed into the hi-tech metropolis of New Mombasa, while the mainland area languished, closed off behind its useless seawall.
-By 2552, Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, ageing 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings, old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines, and mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref>
+By 2552, Old Mombasa, as the mainland came to be called, had remained much the same. Its architecture is an odd hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, aging 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings, old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines, and mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa is populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa is considered to be more of a slum.<ref>Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, [[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref>
 ==Mombasa Suspension Bridge==
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 ==Sources==
 <references/>
-*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Outskirts]] (Level)''
-*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Metropolis]] (Level)''
-*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Turf]] (Level)''
-*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Terminal (Level)|Terminal]] (Level)''
-*''[[Halo: Graphic Novel]]- Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa''
 [[Category:Cities]]
 [[Category:UNSC]]
 [[Category:Mombasa| ]]