Lamu

Lamu bee Lamu Town nyɛla tiŋ'bili din be Lamu Island, ka di lahi nyɛ din pahi Lamu Archipelago din be Kenya ni. Di nyɛla  zaŋ dolisi palli Mombasa northeast polo ka nyɛ din naari Mokowe Jetty, luɣ'shɛli mɔɣili maa ni chirigiri taba yiri Lamu Island, ni n-nyɛ Lamu County tuma duzuɣu sheei ka nyɛ din pahi UNESCO World Heritage Site ni.

Taarihi

Tuuli taarihi
Di yumŋli nyɛla Amu,Romero, Patricia (1997). Lamu. History, Society, and Family in an East African Port City. Marcus Wiener Publishers, p. 10 ka Arabs booni li Al-Amu (الآمو) ka Portuguese booni li "Lamon". Portuguese booni la lala yaɣili maa zaa Amu.

Lamu Town din be Lamu Island n-nyɛ Kenya tiŋ'kurili ka niriba be din ni, ka lahi nyɛ din daa nyɛ Swahili ya'nima din be East Africa, ka dihitabili wuhi ni di daa pilila yuuni 1370.

Zuŋɔ, Lamu salo pam zooi la Musulimnima.Oded, Arye (2000). Islam and Politics in Kenya. Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 11

Climate
Lamu has a tropical dry savanna climate (Köppen climate classification As).


Lihi pahi
 Juma and the Magic Jinn, United Statesbinhi buku din be Lamu Island
 Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor
Historic Swahili Settlements
Swahili architecture

Kundivihira

Bibliography
Allen, James de Vere: Lamu, with an appendix on Archaeological finds from the region of Lamu by H. Neville Chittick. Nairobi: Kenya National Museums.

Beckwith, Carol and Fisher, Angela, Text: Hancock, Graham: "African Ark, People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1990. 

Couffer, Jack: "The Cats of Lamu." New York: The Lyons Press, c1998. 

Ghaidan, Usam: Lamu:  A study of the Swahili town.  Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, 1975. 

 Naipaul, Shiva: North of South, An African Journey, 1978. Page 177 ff, Penguin Travel, 

Prins, A.H.J.: Sailing from Lamu: A Study of Maritime Culture in Islamic East Africa. Assen: van Gorcum & Comp., 1965.
Romero, Patricia W.: Lamu: history, society, and family in an East African port city. Princeton, N.J.: Markus Wiener, c1997. , 

External links

 Official lamu island website
 Lamu on Organization of World Heritage Cities
 UNESCO World Heritage Centre – Lamu Old Town
 Lamu Collection Page in Aluka
 Explore Lamu with Google Earth on Global Heritage Network


Category:1370 establishments
Category:14th-century establishments in Africa
Category:Lamu Archipelago
Category:Archaeological sites in Kenya
Category:World Heritage Sites in Kenya
Category:Swahili people
Category:Swahili city-states
Category:Swahili architecture
Category:County capitals in Kenya
Category:Populated coastal places in Kenya
Category:Populated places established in the 1370s
Category:Populated places in Lamu County
Category:Road-inaccessible communities
Category:Ports and harbours of Kenya
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