Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya. Situated 341 kilometres (212 mi) by road northeast...
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Lamu Island is a port, city, and island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean approximately 150 miles from Mombasa. It is a part of the East...
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Swahili architecture (section Lamu Town)
Mombasa, Lamu and Malindi in Kenya and Songo Mnara, Kilwa Kisiwani, and Zanzibar in Tanzania. The distribution of Swahili architecture and towns provides...
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and is one of the six Coastal Counties in Kenya. Its capital is the town of Lamu. It borders Tana River County to the southwest, Garissa County to the...
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Lamu Archipelago is located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya, to which it belongs. The islands lie between the towns of Lamu and...
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Lamus may refer to: Lamus River (Turkish: Limonlu Çayı) Lamus (city), ancient city on the river Lamus (Isauria), town of ancient Isauria Lamus (see), Catholic...
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Lamu District was a district of Kenya's Coast Province. Its district headquarters was Lamu town. The district covered a strip of northeastern coastal...
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Lamu Fort is a fortress in the town of Lamu in northeastern Kenya. Originally situated on the waterfront, the fort today is located in a central position...
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Pate Island (category Lamu Archipelago)
which it belongs. It is the largest island in the Lamu Archipelago, which lie between the towns of Lamu and Kiunga in the former Coast Province. The island...
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the south side of Manda Island, in the Lamu District in the coastal province of Kenya. They are the ruins of a town which was abandoned around the 18th century...
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persuaded ("by a faithful old advisor") to build a fort on the seafront in Lamu Town, to protect members of his government. He died (a natural death) before...
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The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project, also known as Lamu corridor is a transport and infrastructure project in Kenya...
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Kiwayu (category Lamu Archipelago)
Kenyan beaches. The nearest hospital is on Lamu Island outside of Lamu town. Travel from Kiwayuu to Lamu is 7 hours by dhow, or 2 hours by motor boat...
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Witu, Kenya (category Populated places in Lamu County)
Witu is a small market town in the Lamu County of Kenya, East Africa. Formerly it was the capital of Wituland. It is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the...
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Fatima. Excavations at nearby Pemba Island, but especially at Shanga in the Lamu Archipelago, provide the clearest picture of architectural development. Houses...
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Mpeketoni (category Populated places in Lamu County)
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...
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Lamu–Garissa–Isiolo Road, is a road in Kenya, and is part of the Lamu-Garissa-Isiolo-Lokichar Road, which itself is a component of the Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern...
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Mokowe (category Populated places in Lamu County)
Mokowe is a small town in Kenya's Lamu County in what was previously Coast Province. Mokowe is located on the Garsen–Witu–Lamu Highway, approximately 120...
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19 Sheikh Othman 1956 Kilifi County Malindi Upload Photo 20 Manda town ruins 1956 Lamu County Manda Island 2°18′25″S 40°55′28″E / 2.30702°S 40.924559°E...
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Wituland (category Lamu County)
(1,200 sq mi) in East Africa centered on the town of Witu, just inland from the Indian Ocean port of Lamu, north of the mouth of the Tana River in what...
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Baharini Village, near the town of Mpeketoni, in Lamu County, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the location of Port Lamu. This is approximately...
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Manda Island (category Lamu Archipelago)
of the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya, known for the prosperous 9th century ports of Takwa and Manda town. The island is now linked by ferry to Lamu and is...
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provinces in China. Their culture has been documented by indigenous scholars Lamu Gatusa, Latami Dashi, Yang Lifen, and He Mei. The Mosuo are often referred...
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Lake Kenyatta (category Lamu County)
a lake in Lamu County, in southeastern Kenya. The lake is located in Lamu County, approximately 2.5 kilometres (2 mi), southwest of the town of Mpeketoni...
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(395 ha) in the Kwasasi area, about 21 kilometres (13 mi) north of the town of Lamu in Lamu County, along Kenya's Indian Ocean coast. This is approximately 250...
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traversing the Rift Valley and northern Kenya's deserts, to the coastal town of Lamu on the Indian Ocean. Notably, the route intersects with the A2 at Isiolo...
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Coast Province (redirect from Bokoni (town))
of 79,686.1 km2. Some of the province's important towns included Kilifi, Malindi, Watamu and Lamu in the north, and Mwandimu and Magunda in the south...
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It includes Sofala (located in Mozambique); Mombasa, Gede, Pate Island, Lamu, and Malindi (in Kenya); and Dar es Salaam and Kilwa (in Tanzania). In addition...
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Cairo–Cape Town Highway Sudan Military Railroad Scramble for Africa Fashoda Incident East African Railway Master Plan Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia...
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