Witu is a small market town in the Coast Province of Kenya, in east Africa. It is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the Witu Forest. Formerly it was the capital of the Witu Sultanate. It is on road C-112 between Mkunumbi, 33 kilometres (20.5 mi) to the east, and Garsen, 44 kilometres (27.3 mi) to the west. A secondary road leads 21 kilometres (13.0 mi) south to Kipini on the coast.