Witu
Witu is a small market town in the Lamu County of Kenya, East Africa. Formerly it was the capital of Wituland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mainakiarie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 5,380 residents
- Description: a small market town in the Lamu County of Kenya, East Africa
- Also known as: “Widhu” and “Witu, Kenya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dida Waredi.
Dida Waredi
Village
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. Dida Waredi is situated 6 km southwest of Witu.
Witu
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lamu, Coastal Kenya, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-2.38775° or 2° 23′ 16″ southLongitude
40.4393° or 40° 26′ 22″ eastPopulation
5,380Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
6H92JC6Q+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 44910364OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
178093Wikidata ID
Q8028643
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Witu” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Witu”
- Cebuano: “Witu”
- Dutch: “Witu”
- Irish: “Witu”
- Spanish: “Witu”
- Swedish: “Witu”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Witu airstrip and Witu Forest.
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