Back لامو (كينيا) Arabic لامو ARZ Lamu AZ لامبو AZB Ламу (горад) BE Lamu BR Lamu (ciutat) Catalan Lamu (kapital sa lalawigan) CEB Lamu Danish Lamu Town German
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| Coordinates: 2°16′10″S 40°54′8″E / 2.26944°S 40.90222°E | |
| Country |  Kenya |
| County | Lamu County |
| Founded | 1370 |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 25,385 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Official name | Lamu Old Town |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
| Reference | 1055 |
| Inscription | 2001 (25th Session) |
| Area | 15.6 ha (39 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 1,200 ha (3,000 acres) |
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 of Mombasa that ends at Mokowe Jetty, from where the sea channel has to be crossed to reach Lamu Island, it is the headquarter of Lamu County and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The town contains the Lamu Fort on the seafront, constructed under Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr, the sultan of Pate, and was completed after his death in the early 1820s. Lamu is also home to 23 mosques, including the Riyadha Mosque, built in 1900, and a donkey sanctuary.[2]
- ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Cheti Praxides. "Lamu youth dodging mosque time; where exactly are they?". The Star. Retrieved 8 June 2023.