Tongoni Ruins

The Tongoni Ruins are a 15th-century Swahili ruins of a mosque and forty tombs located in Tongoni ward in Tanga District inside of .
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 28 metres (92 feet)
  • …is also known as “Tongoni Historic Site”
  • …is not wheelchair accessible
  • Description: ruins in Tongoni, Tanzania

Places in the Area

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Town
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is a historic town and district capital… is situated 3½ km south of Tongoni Ruins.

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is a group of villages on the island of , part of .

Tongoni Ruins

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Latitude
-6.38317° or 6° 22′ 59″ south
Longitude
39.54996° or 39° 32′ 60″ east
Open location code
6G5XJG8X+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11527409890
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
149463
Wiki­data ID
Q7821129

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In Other Languages

From Greek to Ukrainian—“Tongoni Ruins” goes by many names.
  • Greek: “Τονγκόνι”
  • Persian: “تونگونی”
  • Spanish: “Ruinas de Tongoni”
  • Swahili: “Magofu ya Tongoni”
  • Swahili: “Tongoni”
  • Swedish: “Tongoniruinerna”
  • Ukrainian: “Тонгоні”

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