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Lamu Island

island of Kenya
Landform island Q783117
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Summary

Lamu Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,443 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Coast Province[3]
  • Country: Kenya[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Indian Ocean[5]
  • Instance of: car-free place[6]
  • Part of: Lamu Archipelago[7]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Lamu Archipelago[8]
  • Length: 12.2 km[9]
  • Area: 57 km²[10]
  • Width: 5.7 km[11]
  • Perimeter: 35 km[12]

Why It Matters

Lamu Island has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Kenya

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Lamu Archipelago
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+57'}
    Part of → —
    Coordinates → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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