Kilwa Island

Kilwa Island is a lake island in the part of . The nearest mainland shore is in the to the east, by the town of .
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Latitude
-9.27606° or 9° 16′ 34″ south
Longitude
28.44134° or 28° 26′ 29″ east
Open location code
6G2CPCFR+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32880512
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
176502
Wiki­data ID
Q505561

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Upper Sorbian—“Kilwa Island” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կիլվա”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Кілва”
  • Belarusian: “Кілва”
  • Cebuano: “Kilwa Island”
  • Chinese: “基卢瓦岛”
  • Chinese: “基尔瓦岛”
  • Dutch: “Kilwa Island”
  • Fulah: “Kilwa Island”
  • Georgian: “კილვა”
  • German: “Kilwa”
  • Japanese: “キルワ島 (ザンビア)”
  • Japanese: “キルワ島”
  • Russian: “Килва”
  • Rusyn: “Кілва (острӯв)”
  • Rusyn: “Кілва”
  • Serbian: “Kilva”
  • Serbian: “Килва”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Kilwa”
  • Spanish: “Isla Kilwa”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Kilwa”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kilwa”

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Notable Places Nearby

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