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Kilwa Kisiwani ('Kilwa Island') is an island, national historic site, and hamlet community located in the township of Kilwa Masoko, the district seat of Kilwa District in the Tanzanian region of Lindi in southern Tanzania. Kilwa Kisiwani is the largest of the nine hamlets in the town of Kilwa Masoko and is also the least populated hamlet in the ...
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Kilwa district is the second largest district in Lindi region. It has a total area of 13.347.50 square kilometers, of which 12,126 square kilometers is land and 1,221.25 square kilometers is water. [10] Kilwa district has 5 Islands, with the largest one being Kilwa Kisiwani.
The Gereza Kilwa Fort on Kilwa Kisiwani Island, Tanzania, was originally built by the Portuguese in the early 16th century to control trade in gold, ivory, and slaves. Date: 1 January 2017, 13:57: Source: Gereza Kilwa Fort: Author: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Tanzania_map-fr.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0, GFDL 2009-03-20T13:30:18Z Sémhur 3096x3113 (3225659 Bytes) Ol Doinyo Lengaï was misplaced; 2009-03-20T11:14:35Z Sémhur 3096x3113 (3224368 Bytes) Add location map and few summits.
The Swahili coast (Swahili: Pwani ya Waswahili) is a coastal area of East Africa, bordered by the Indian Ocean and inhabited by the Swahili people.It includes Sofala (located in Mozambique); Mombasa, Gede, Pate Island, Lamu, and Malindi (in Kenya); and Dar es Salaam and Kilwa (in Tanzania). [1]
Kilwa had about 4000 inhabitants but its economic fortunes were on the decline. [1] Like most polities on the east African coast, Kilwa was an Islamic sultanate and the Portuguese were poorly received by the local elites. In 1502, the Portuguese reduced Kilwa to the status of tributary vassal.