Lamu Old Town
A World Heritage Site in Kenya, inscribed in 2001 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Kenya
- Region
- Africa
- Inscribed
- 2001
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (ii)(iv)
- Property area
- approx. 15.6 ha
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- -2.2844, 40.8525
- UNESCO ID
- 1055
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Vieille ville de Lamu
- Spanish
- Ciudad vieja de Lamu
- Chinese
- 拉穆古镇
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