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Tumbatu
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thumb|Map of the Zanzibar Archipelago including Tumbatu Island

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thumb|Map of the Zanzibar Archipelago including Tumbatu Island

Tumbatu (eneo la kale wa Tumbatu in Swahili) is a historic Swahili settlement located on Tumbatu Island, Kaskazini A District of Unguja North Region in Tanzania. This site is a significant archaeological site that contains a large number of collapsed coral stone structures including private houses and several mosques, the largest of which is located on the shore facing the village of Mkokotoni on Unguja. Pearce initially looked into the ruins in 1915 and wrote about the mosques, palace, and other stone homes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tumbatu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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