Kilwa

Kilwa is an island and a small village in . Kilwa Kisiwani was once a thriving Swahili city-state on the large island surrounded by the Kilwa Bay.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: island in Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Große Moschee (Kilwa Kisiwani)”, “Kilwa Kisawani”, “Kilwa kisiwani”, “Kilwa Kisiwani”, “Kilwa Kisiwani und Songo Mnara”, “Kilwa Kisiwanis og Songo Mnaras ruiner”, “Quiloa”, “Quíloa”, “Ruinas de Kilwa Kisiwani y de Songo Mnara”, “Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani”, “Songo Mnara”, “Килва Кисивани”, “კილვა კისივანი”, “سلطنة كيلوا”, “كلوه”, “キルワ”, and “基卢瓦基西瓦尼”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilwa Masoko.

Town
Photo: Gustavgraves, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or MasokoPronunciation… is situated 3½ km northeast of Kilwa.

Kilwa

Latitude
-8.9602° or 8° 57′ 37″ south
Longitude
39.4963° or 39° 29′ 47″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
6G3X2FQW+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3945633325
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Geo­Names ID
157382
Wiki­data ID
Q1741475
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Kilwa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kilwa”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة كلوة”
  • Armenian: “Կիլվա Կիսիվանի”
  • Asturian: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kilva-Kisivani”
  • Basque: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Belarusian: “Кілва-Кісівані”
  • Bengali: “কিলওয়া কিসিওয়ানি”
  • Bhojpuri: “किल्वा किसिवानी”
  • Bulgarian: “Килуа”
  • Burmese: “ကေလ်ဝါ ကစ်ဆီဝါနီ”
  • Catalan: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Cebuano: “Kilwa Kisiwani Island”
  • Chinese: “基尔瓦基斯瓦尼”
  • Croatian: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Czech: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Danish: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Dutch: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة كيلوا”
  • Esperanto: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Finnish: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • French: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Galician: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Georgian: “კილვა-კისივანი”
  • German: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Hausa: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Hebrew: “קילווה קיסיוואני”
  • Hindi: “किल्वा किसिवानी”
  • Indonesian: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Italian: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Japanese: “キルワ・キシワニ”
  • Japanese: “キルワ島”
  • Korean: “킬와 키시와니”
  • Kotava: “Kilwa”
  • Lithuanian: “Kilva Kisivanis”
  • Maithili: “किल्वा किसिवानी”
  • Malagasy: “Kilwa”
  • Nepali: “किल्वा किसिवानी”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Norwegian: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Persian: “کیلوا کیسیوانی”
  • Polish: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Quíloa”
  • Russian: “Килва-Кисивани”
  • Serbian: “Килва”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Slovak: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Slovenian: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Spanish: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Swahili: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Swedish: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Thai: “กิลวากีซีวานี”
  • Turkish: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Ukrainian: “Кілва Кісівані”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ کلوہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Kilwa Kisiwani”
  • Zulu: “Kilwa Kisiwani”

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Places to explore: Kilwa Kisiwani and Mkwanyule.

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