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]
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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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poet. Ahmed Sheikh Nabhany was born on 27 November 1927 in Matondoni on Lamu Island. His parents died when he was a child, and he was raised by his grandmother...
divided by him[citation needed] into two groups: Mombasa–Lamu Swahili Lamu The dialects of the Lamu group (especially Kiamu, Kipate, Kingozi) are the linguistic...
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The proposed Lamu Coal Power Station is a potential 1,050 MW (1,410,000 hp) coal-fired thermal power station in Kenya. The proposed plant would be developed...
architecture is still very visible in the thriving urban centers of Mombasa, Lamu and Malindi in Kenya and Songo Mnara, Kilwa Kisiwani, and Zanzibar in Tanzania...
begin in late 2013. A new international seaport, the Lamu Port is under construction in Lamu. Lamu Port is to be larger than Kilindini Harbour but the...
a 981.5 Megawatt coal-fired power plant in the Manda area of Lamu County, dubbed the Lamu Coal Power Station. This would be the first coal power station...
Acrossocheilus lamus is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Vietnam and only known from the Cả River (=Lam River)...
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...
world; historical mosques, and colonial-era forts at Mombasa, Malindi, and Lamu; renowned scenery such as the white-capped Mount Kenya and the Great Rift...
Lamu Wind Power Station, also Lamu Wind Farm, is a planned 90 MW (120,000 hp) wind-powered power station in Kenya. The power station would be located in...
Lamu Fort Library is a branch of the National Museums of Kenya. The Library was initiated in 1978 as a reference library for museum's staff and researchers...
in Nairobi. Lamu–Lokichar-Nakodok Section This railway line, totaling 1,500 kilometres (932 mi), is a component of the Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia...
boulengeri, also known commonly as the Manda flesh-pink blind snake and the Lamu worm snake, is a species of harmless snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae...
Lamu Gatusa (Gaofeng Shi) is an associate professor at the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, in Kunming, Yunnan, China. He is also a writer, and a three-time...
clan name Mbarrumbathama (Austlang) or Mba Rumbathama, formerly known as Lamu-Lamu or Lama-Lama, is a Paman language of Queensland, Australia. Lamalama is...
December 2017. LAMU (15 December 2017). "Lusaka Apex Medical University: Our Campuses". Lusaka: Lusaka Apex Medical University (LAMU). Retrieved 15 December...
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