Lamu

county of Kenya
Di pilli ni	4 Silimin gɔli March 2013
Tiŋa	Kenya
Tinzuɣu	Lamu old town
Din be shɛli polona	Kenya
Tiŋgbaŋ yaɣili calinli	2°18′0″S 40°42′0″E
Office held by head of government	Governor of Lamu County
Lahabaya dundɔŋ din mali dihitabili	http://www.lamu.go.ke/

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 341 kilometres (212 mi) 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.^[1]

Taarihi

Tuuli taarihi

Di yumŋli nyɛla Amu,^[2] 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.^[3]

Zuŋɔ, Lamu salo pam zooi la Musulimnima.^[4]

Climate

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

Climate data for Lamu
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	30.9 (87.6)	31.3 (88.3)	32.1 (89.8)	31.1 (88.0)	29.0 (84.2)	28.0 (82.4)	27.4 (81.3)	27.5 (81.5)	28.3 (82.9)	29.5 (85.1)	30.8 (87.4)	31.2 (88.2)	29.8 (85.6)
Average low °C (°F)	24.5 (76.1)	24.7 (76.5)	25.5 (77.9)	25.6 (78.1)	24.5 (76.1)	23.7 (74.7)	23.2 (73.8)	23.1 (73.6)	23.5 (74.3)	24.3 (75.7)	24.6 (76.3)	24.6 (76.3)	24.3 (75.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	6 (0.2)	4 (0.2)	25 (1.0)	130 (5.1)	329 (13.0)	164 (6.5)	75 (3.0)	40 (1.6)	39 (1.5)	40 (1.6)	39 (1.5)	28 (1.1)	919 (36.3)
Average rainy days	1	1	3	10	15	15	11	8	7	5	6	3	85
Source: World Meteorological Organization^[5]

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

↑ Cheti Praxides. "Lamu youth dodging mosque time; where exactly are they?" (en-KE). The Star. https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/coast/2023-03-27-lamu-youth-dodging-mosque-time-where-exactly-are-they/.
↑ Romero, Patricia (1997). Lamu. History, Society, and Family in an East African Port City. Marcus Wiener Publishers, p. 10
↑ This is Kenya. Struik. 2005. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-84537-151-7.
↑ Oded, Arye (2000). Islam and Politics in Kenya. Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 11
↑ World Weather Information Service – Lamu. World Meteorological Organization.

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.
Bain, Keith; Bruyn, Pippa de; Williams, Lizzie (22 April 2010). Frommer's Kenya and Tanzania. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-64546-8.
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. ISBN 0-8109-1902-8
Briggs, Philip (2010). Kenya Highlights. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-267-5.
Couffer, Jack: "The Cats of Lamu." New York: The Lyons Press, c1998. ISBN 1-85410-568-X
Eliot, Charles (1966). The East African Protectorate. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-1661-3.
Engel, Ulf; Ramos, Manuel João (17 May 2013). African Dynamics in a Multipolar World. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-25650-7.
Fitzpatrick, Mary (2009). East Africa. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74104-769-1.
Ghaidan, Usam: Lamu: A study of the Swahili town. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, 1975.
Ham, Anthony; Butler, Stuart; Starnes, Dean (1 June 2012). Lonely Planet Kenya. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74321-306-3.
Jackson, Guida M. (2009). Women Leaders of Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Pacific: A Biographical Reference. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4415-5843-5.Tɛmplet:Self-published inline
McIntyre, Chris; McIntyre, Susan (1 April 2013). Zanzibar. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-458-7.
Naipaul, Shiva: North of South, An African Journey, 1978. Page 177 ff, Penguin Travel, ISBN 978-0-14-018826-4
Parkinson, Tom; Phillips, Matt; Gourlay, Will (2006). Kenya. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74059-743-2.
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. ISBN 1-55876-106-3, ISBN 1-55876-107-1
Senoga-Zake, George W. (1986). Folk Music of Kenya. Uzima Publishing House. ISBN 978-9966-855-02-2.
Trillo, Richard (2002). Kenya. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-859-8.

External links

Tɛmplet:Lamu Archipelago Tɛmplet:Ports in Kenya Tɛmplet:First and second-level administrative divisions of Kenya

[1] Cheti Praxides. "Lamu youth dodging mosque time; where exactly are they?" (en-KE). The Star. https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/coast/2023-03-27-lamu-youth-dodging-mosque-time-where-exactly-are-they/.

[2] Romero, Patricia (1997). Lamu. History, Society, and Family in an East African Port City. Marcus Wiener Publishers, p. 10

[TIK-3] This is Kenya. Struik. 2005. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-84537-151-7.

[4] Oded, Arye (2000). Islam and Politics in Kenya. Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 11

[WMO-5] World Weather Information Service – Lamu. World Meteorological Organization.

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