Witu Forest
The Witu Forest, is a protected area in Lamu District, Kenya, East Africa. It was formed in 1927 by combining the Utwani Forest Reserve with the adjacent Gongoni Forest Reserve, although the previous names remained in use.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve in Kenya
- Also known as: “Utwani Forest Reserve”, “Witu Forest / Utwani Forest”, and “Witu Forest Reserve”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Witu.
Witu
Village
Photo: Mainakiarie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Witu is a small market town in the Lamu County of Kenya, East Africa. Formerly it was the capital of Wituland.
Witu Forest
- Categories: protected area of Kenya and recreation area
- Location: Lamu, Coastal Kenya, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-2.38496° or 2° 23′ 6″ southLongitude
40.50142° or 40° 30′ 5″ eastElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
6H92JG82+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 361766328OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Hausa to Swahili—“Witu Forest” goes by many names.
- Hausa: “Dajin Witu”
- Japanese: “ヴィツウ森林保護区”
- Malayalam: “വിറ്റു ഫോറസ്റ്റ്”
- Spanish: “Bosque de Witu”
- Swahili: “Msitu wa Witu”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Witu airstrip and Pangani Swamp.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Witu Forest”. Photo: Cessna 206, CC BY 2.0.