Lamu District

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Lamu District is a district of Kenya's Coast Province . It's district headquarters is Lamu town. The district covers a strip of northeastern coastal mainland and the Lamu Islands. Lamu District has a population of 72,686 and its land area is 6,167 sq Kilometres [1].

There are extensive mangrove forests in the area.

Lamu district has only one local authority, Lamu county council. The district has two constituencies: Lamu west and Lamu east.

Administrative divisions
Division Population* Urban pop.* Headquarters
Amu 17,310 12,839 Lamu
Faza 7,474 0 Faza
Hindi 7,072 1,335
Kiunga 3,310 0 Kiunga
Kizingitini 6,010 0 Kizingitini
Mpeketoni 25,530 773 Mpeketoni
Witu 5,980 1,322 Witu
Total 72,686 16,269 -
* 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3],

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