Lamu

Lamu is a town in . Its old town is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Lamu is vastly different from most cities in Kenya, most particularly due to the small number of motor vehicles and corresponding traffic.
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  • Type: Town with 25,400 residents
  • Description: town on Lamu Island, Kenya
  • Also known as: “Amu”, “Antigua Ciudad de Lamu”, “Belt ta‘ Lamu”, “Ciudad vieja de Lamu”, “Funguvisiwa ya Lamu”, “Gamla staden”, “Gamla stan i Lamu”, “Gamlebyen i Lamu”, “Lamou”, “Lamu, Kenia”, “Vieille ville de Lamu”, “Ламу (горад)”, “بلدة لامو”, and “拉穆古镇”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Manda Airport and Lamu Museum.

Aerodrome
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, also called Lamu Airport, is an in .

Museum
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The Lamu Fort, is a fortification in the town of Lamu in northeastern .

Place of worship
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is a place of worship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kikomani and Kimara Maganga.

Village
The Coast Province was one of 's eight provinces prior to 2010.

Village
The Coast Province was one of 's eight provinces prior to 2010. is situated 6 km north of Lamu.

Village
The Coast Province was one of 's eight provinces prior to 2010. is situated 6 km north of Lamu.

Lamu

Latitude
-2.2679° or 2° 16′ 4″ south
Longitude
40.9009° or 40° 54′ 3″ east
Population
25,400
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
LAU
UN/LOCODE
KE LAU
Open location code
6H92PWJ2+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 301243213
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
189741
Wiki­data ID
Q272799
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Lamu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لامو”
  • Armenian: “Լամու”
  • Asturian: “Lamu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lamu”
  • Basque: “Lamu”
  • Belarusian: “Ламу”
  • Bengali: “লামু”
  • Breton: “Lamu”
  • Catalan: “Lamu”
  • Cebuano: “Lamu (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Lamu”
  • Chinese: “拉穆”
  • Chinese: “拉穆鎮”
  • Chinese: “拉穆镇”
  • Croatian: “Lamu”
  • Danish: “Lamu”
  • Dutch: “Lamu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لامو”
  • Esperanto: “Lamu”
  • Estonian: “Lamu”
  • Finnish: “Lamu”
  • French: “Lamu”
  • Galician: “Lamu”
  • Georgian: “ლამუ”
  • German: “Lamu Town”
  • German: “Lamu”
  • Greek: “Λάμου”
  • Gujarati: “લામુ”
  • Hausa: “Lamu”
  • Hebrew: “לאמו”
  • Hindi: “लामू”
  • Hungarian: “Lamu”
  • Indonesian: “Lamu”
  • Italian: “Lamu”
  • Japanese: “ラム”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾಮು”
  • Korean: “라무”
  • Latvian: “Lamu”
  • Lithuanian: “Lamu”
  • Madurese: “Lamu”
  • Malay: “Lamu”
  • Malayalam: “ലമു”
  • Maltese: “Lamu”
  • Marathi: “लामू”
  • Moksha: “Ламу”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lamu”
  • Norwegian: “Lamu”
  • Persian: “لامبو”
  • Persian: “لامو”
  • Polish: “Lamu”
  • Portuguese: “Antiga Cidade de Lamu”
  • Portuguese: “Lamu”
  • Romanian: “Lamu, Kenya”
  • Romanian: “Lamu”
  • Russian: “Лама”
  • Russian: “Ламу”
  • Serbian: “Lamu”
  • Serbian: “Ламу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lamu”
  • Sinhala: “ලමු”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لامبو”
  • Spanish: “Lamu”
  • Swahili: “Lamu”
  • Swedish: “Lamu”
  • Tagalog: “Lamu”
  • Tamil: “லாமு”
  • Telugu: “లము”
  • Thai: “ลามู”
  • Turkish: “Lamu”
  • Ukrainian: “Ламу”
  • Urdu: “لامو”
  • Venetian: “Lamu”
  • Vietnamese: “Lamu”
  • Zulu: “Lamu”

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