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Lamu District

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Lamu was one of the few districts that had remained unchanged and was never split after independence. With a predominantly rural population, in the 2009 census, the district had a total population of 101,539, an urban population of 20,238, and a rural population of 81,301.
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acting as its headquarters for the district and the province. In 1920, Tanaland Province was abolished, and Lamu District, without its hinterland, was transferred to Coast Province. In 1923, Lamu, Tana River and
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were joined and administered jointly. Tana River reacquired district status in 1927. Lamu and Tana River would be joined in 1935, again between 1944 and 1948. Lamu was one of the forty districts of 1963.
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Lamu district had only one local authority, Lamu county council. The district has two constituencies:
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Within Tanaland Province, Lamu District was created in 1897, which included the
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town. The district covered a strip of northeastern coastal mainland and the
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Coast Province
Lamu
Lamu Archipelago
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Sultanate of Witu
Lamu West
Lamu East
constitution of Kenya
Lamu County
Lamu
Faza
Kiunga
Kizingitini
Mpeketoni
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