Lamu (Kenya)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
לאמו (קניה)
Name (Latin)
Lamu (Kenya)
Coordinates
40.90027778 40.90027778 -2.268611111 -2.268611111 (gooearth )
E0405412 E0405412 S0021642 S0021642 (geonames )
Associated country
Kenya
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 02°16ʹ42ʺS 040°54ʹ12ʺE)
- Prins, A. H. J.Sailing from Lamu, 1965.
Wikipedia description:
Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya on the continent of Africa. Situated 341 kilometres (212 mi) by road northeast of Mombasa that ends at Mokowe Jetty, from where the sea channel has to be crossed to reach Lamu Island, it is the headquarter of Lamu County and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town contains the Lamu Fort on the seafront, constructed under Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr, the Sultan of Pate, and completed after his death in the early 1820s. Lamu is also home to 23 mosques, including the Riyadha Mosque that was built in 1900 and a donkey sanctuary. Today, the majority of Lamu's population is Muslim.
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