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Lamu

Eastern Africa

Lamu is a town in Lamu County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Coast Province. GeoNames locates it at 2.27 degrees south and 40.90 degrees east, at about 14 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 25,385 inhabitants, against 12,767 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 2 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 7,403 inhabitants in 1969.

Facts
Population
25,385 1
Founding Year
1370 2
Founding Year
1370 2
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
14 3
Latitude
2.27169 degrees south 3
Longitude
40.90201 degrees east 3
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Coastal
Yes 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Connections

Has Capital

Lamu County, States or Territories
Source Lamu County (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Table row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
    CO 7,403......... 12,767 25,385
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    CO 7,403......... 12,767 25,385
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2. Lamu (Wikipedia)
  • History
    Believed to have been established in 1370, Lamu Town on Lamu Island is Kenya's oldest continually inhabited town and it was one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal East Africa.
  • Lead, coastal setting
    The town contains the Lamu Fort on the seafront
  • History, founding year range start
    Believed to have been established in 1370, Lamu Town on Lamu Island
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3. GeoNames: Lamu
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 25,385
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 14 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -2.27169, 40.90201
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 14 m
  • Part Of: Kenya, GeoNames page, country hierarchy
    Kenya KE Country
  • On Continent: Africa, GeoNames page, breadcrumb
    Africa › Kenya KE
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), GeoNames page, country hierarchy
    Kenya KE Country
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-2.25 40.75 As
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Lamu County (Wikipedia)
Has Capital: Lamu County, Lead, capital
Quote, Has Capital: Lamu County, Lead, capital
Its capital is the town of Lamu.
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