Lamu
Lamu is a town in Coastal Kenya. 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.
- Town with about 25,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code LAU
- Description: town on Lamu Island, Kenya
- Also known as“Amu”“Lamu Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manda Airport and Lamu Museum.
Manda Airport
Manda Airport, also called Lamu Airport, is an airport in Kenya.
Lamu Museum
The Lamu Fort, is a fortification in the town of Lamu in northeastern Kenya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kikomani and Kimara Maganga.
Kimara Maganga
Village
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. Kimara Maganga is situated 6 km north of Lamu.
Mbwara Maganga
Village
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. Mbwara Maganga is situated 6 km north of Lamu.
Lamu
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Latitude
-2.2679° or 2° 16′ 4″ south
Longitude
40.9009° or 40° 54′ 3″ east
UN/LOCODE
KE LAU
Open location code
6H92PWJ2+R9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Lamu” goes by many names.
بلدة لاموArabic
لاموArabic
ԼամուArmenian
LamuAsturian
LamuAzerbaijani
LamuBasque
ЛамуBelarusian
Ламу (горад)Belarusian
লামুBengali
LamuBreton
LamuCatalan
LamuCebuano
Lamu (kapital sa lalawigan)Cebuano
拉穆Chinese
拉穆古镇Chinese
拉穆鎮Chinese
拉穆镇Chinese
LamuGalician
ლამუGeorgian
ΛάμουGreek
લામુGujarati
LamuHausa
לאמוHebrew
लामूHindi
LamuHungarian
LamuIndonesian
LamuItalian
ラムJapanese
ಲಾಮುKannada
라무Korean
LamuLatvian
LamuLithuanian
LamuMadurese
LamuMalay
ലമുMalayalam
Belt ta‘ LamuMaltese
LamuMaltese
लामूMarathi
ЛамуMoksha
LamuNorwegian
Gamlebyen i LamuNorwegian Bokmål
LamuNorwegian Bokmål
لامبوPersian
لاموPersian
LamuPolish
LamuRomanian
Lamu, KeniaRomanian
Lamu, KenyaRomanian
ЛамаRussian
ЛамуRussian
LamuSerbian
ЛамуSerbian
LamuSerbo-Croatian
Funguvisiwa ya LamuSwahili
LamuSwahili
Gamla stadenSwedish
Gamla stan i LamuSwedish
LamuSwedish
LamuTagalog
லாமுTamil
లముTelugu
ลามูThai
LamuTurkish
ЛамуUkrainian
لاموUrdu
LamuVenetian
LamuVietnamese
LamuZulu
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Localities in the Area
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