Lamu

E504148
UNESCO World Heritage Site town

Lamu is a historic Swahili town on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast, renowned for its well-preserved stone architecture, rich Islamic and Swahili cultural heritage, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lamu canonical 9
Lamu Archipelago 4
Lamu Old Town 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
town ⓘ
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture ⓘ
Swahili architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
buildingMaterial coral stone ⓘ
mangrove timber ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
culturalInfluence Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian ⓘ
Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRegion Swahili Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingCountry Republic of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPort Port of Lamu NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageCategory World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageCountry Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageId 1055 ⓘ
heritageRegion Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageType living Swahili town ⓘ
heritageYearInscribed 2001 ⓘ
isCapitalOf Lamu County NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Islamic cultural heritage ⓘ
Swahili architecture ⓘ
Swahili culture ⓘ
absence of cars in old town ⓘ
donkey transport ⓘ
historic port ⓘ
narrow streets ⓘ
stone town layout ⓘ
traditional coral stone buildings ⓘ
wooden carved doors ⓘ
locatedIn Coast Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lamu County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone East Africa Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lamu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorLanguage Arabic (liturgical) ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Lamu Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
historic Swahili Coast ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
transport boats ⓘ
donkeys ⓘ
urbanForm stone town ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swahili Coast → majorCity → Lamu ⓘ
Swahili Coast → heritageSite → Lamu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamu Old Town
Coast Province, Kenya → containsCity → Lamu ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Lamu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamu Old Town
Kiamu → spokenIn → Lamu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamu Archipelago
Kiamu → spokenIn → Lamu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamu Island
Kiamu → spokenIn → Lamu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamu town
Jambojet → cityServed → Lamu ⓘ
Enghien-les-Bains → twinnedWith → Lamu ⓘ
Coast Province → majorCity → Lamu ⓘ
Coast Province → contains → Lamu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamu Archipelago
Swahili people → nativeTo → Lamu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamu Archipelago
Swahili people → urbanCenters → Lamu ⓘ
Swahili people → heritageSite → Lamu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamu Old Town
Airkenya Express → hasDestination → Lamu ⓘ
Omani Empire → hasPart → Lamu ⓘ
Shirazi → historicalRegion → Lamu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamu Archipelago
East African art → hasCenter → Lamu ⓘ