Tumbatu
Tumbatu 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Tumpatu Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mkokotoni and Kendwa.
Mkokotoni
Town
Mkokotoni is a city located on the Tanzanian island of Unguja. The city serves as the capital of the Zanzibar North region. It is 4 kilometres west of the village of Kibaoni. Mkokotoni is situated 8 km southeast of Tumbatu.
Kendwa
Kendwa is a village on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, part of Zanzibar. It is located in the far north of the island, on the west coast overlooking the nearby small Daloni Island and the larger and more distant Tumbatu Island.Tumbatu
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Zanzibar North, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-5.81268° or 5° 48′ 46″ southLongitude
39.22736° or 39° 13′ 39″ eastPopulation
9,480Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
6G6X56PG+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 13366680OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Tumbatu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تومباتو”
- Catalan: “Tumbatu”
- Cebuano: “Tumbatu Island”
- Dutch: “Tumbatu”
- Esperanto: “Tumbatu”
- French: “Tumbatu”
- German: “Tumbatu”
- Hebrew: “טומבאטו”
- Italian: “Tumbatu”
- Japanese: “ツンバツ島”
- Lithuanian: “Tumbatu”
- Russian: “Тумбату”
- Spanish: “Tumbatu”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Tumbatu”
- Ukrainian: “Тумбату”
- Zulu: “Tumbatu”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tumbatu”. Photo: Moongateclimber, CC BY 3.0.