Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Lamu Old Town' has mentioned 'Island' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya. | WIKI |
| Situated 341 kilometres (212xc2xa0mi) by road northeast of Mombasa that ends at Mokowe Jetty, from where the sea channel has to be crossed to reach Lamu Island. | WIKI |
| The Portuguese applied the name to the entire island as Amu was the chief settlement. | WIKI |
| Lamu Town on Lamu Island is Kenya's oldest continually inhabited town, and was one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal East Africa. | WIKI |
| While the terror group Al Shabaab kidnappings had placed Lamu off-limits in September 2011, by early 2012 the island was considered safe. | WIKI |
| There are several museums, including the Lamu Museum, home to the island's ceremonial horn (called siwa);[24] other museums are dedicated to Swahili culture and to the local postal service. | WIKI |
| Since the island has no motorised vehicles, transportation and other heavy work is done with the help of donkeys. | WIKI |
| There are some 3000 donkeys on the island. | WIKI |
| The song "Lamu"[32] by Christian singer Michael W. Smith is inspired by the island. | WIKI |
| In the song, Smith refers to Lamu as "an island hideaway...the place we soon will be a rebirth from life's demise...where the world is still". | WIKI |
| Lamu Old Town, located on an island known by the same name on the coast of East Africa some 350km north of Mombasa, is the oldest and best preserved example of Swahili settlement in East Africa. | UNESCO |
| Development is a threat to its visual integrity as an island town closely connected to the sea and sand-dunes, and to its ultimate survival in terms of the fresh water that the dunes supply. | UNESCO |