Official Name: | Mokowe |
Pushpin Map: | Kenya#Horn of Africa#Africa |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Kenya##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name: | Kenya |
Subdivision Name1: | Lamu County |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | -2.2367°N 40.855°W |
Elevation Ft: | 3 |
Mokowe is a small town in Kenya's Lamu County in what was previously Coast Province.
Mokowe is located on the Garsen–Witu–Lamu Highway, approximately 120km (80miles), east of Garsen.[1] It is the last town on the route to the Mokowe Jetty, about 3.5km (02.2miles) away,[2] from where boats leave for Lamu Island and the rest of the Lamu archipelago. The coordinates of Mokowe are 2°14'12.0"S, 40°51'18.0"E (Latitude:-2.236663; Longitude:40.854991).
The main health facility is Mokowe Health Centre. The town also has a post office, a police station, a branch of Kenya Commercial Bank and a branch of Postbank Kenya.