Lamu County

Lamu County is a county in located along the North Coast of the country and is one of the six Coastal Counties in . Its capital is the town of .
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  • Type: county of Kenya with 144,000 residents
  • Description: county in Kenya
  • Also known as: Lamu Island

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Junja and Kwa Bwana Keri.

Village
The Coast Province was one of 's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was .

Village
The Coast Province was one of 's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was .

Lamu County

Latitude
-2.0833° or 2° 5′ south
Longitude
40.75° or 40° 45′ east
Population
144,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
6H92WQ82+M2
Geo­Names ID
189739
Wiki­data ID
Q1951652
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zulu—“Lamu County” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Lamuko konderria
  • Catalan: districte de Lamu
  • Catalan: Districte de Lamu
  • Cebuano: Lamu District
  • Chinese: Lamu Kūn
  • Chinese: 拉穆郡
  • Dagbani: Lamu
  • Dutch: Lamu County
  • Dutch: Lamu
  • Finnish: Lamun piirikunta
  • French: Comté de Lamu
  • French: Lamu
  • German: Lamu County
  • Indonesian: County Lamu
  • Italian: contea di Lamu
  • Italian: Contea di Lamu
  • Japanese: ラム (カウンティ)
  • Japanese: ラム
  • Korean: 라무현
  • Maltese: Kontea ta‘ Lamu
  • Min Nan Chinese: Lamu Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lamu fylke
  • Norwegian: Lamu fylke
  • Persian: شهرستان لامو
  • Polish: Lamu (hrabstwo)
  • Polish: Lamu
  • Portuguese: Lamu (condado)
  • Portuguese: Lamu
  • Russian: Ламу
  • Spanish: Condado de Lamu
  • Swahili: Kaunti ya Lamu
  • Swahili: Kisiwa cha Lamu
  • Swedish: Lamu
  • Tumbuka: Lamu, Kenya
  • Urdu: لامو کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Lamu
  • Vietnamese: Lamu
  • Welsh: Sir Lamu
  • Zulu: Lamu County

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ziwa la Kibokoni and Bele Bele.

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Lamu County”. Photo: Erik (HASH) Hersman, CC BY 2.0.