Mpeketoni
Mpeketoni is a town in Lamu County, on the Kenyan coast. It is a settlement scheme started in the 1960s by the first president of the Republic of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta. The settlement is near a fresh water lake bearing his name.
- Village with about 5,960 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: town in Kenya
Villages in the Area
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Mapenya
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010.
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Ndambwe
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010.
8 km north of Mpeketoni
Kiongwe
Kiongwe is a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province.
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Mpeketoni
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Latitude
-2.38966° or 2° 23′ 23″ south
Longitude
40.69872° or 40° 41′ 55″ east
Open location code
6H92JM6X+4F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Mpeketoni” goes by many names.
MpeketoniDutch
MpeketoniFinnish
MpeketoniIrish
MpeketoniNorwegian Nynorsk
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