Ruins of Gedi
The ruins of Gedi are a UNESCO World Heritage site near the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Kenya. The site is adjacent to the town of Gedi in the Kilifi District and within the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: archaeological site in Kenya
- Also known as: “Gede Ruins National Monument”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gede and Msabaha.
Gede
Village
Photo: Mgiganteus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gede is a village near the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya, lying in Kilifi County, south of Malindi and north of Watamu. The Ruins of Gedi are located there.
Msabaha
Village
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. Msabaha is situated 5 km northeast of Ruins of Gedi.
Watamu
Town
Photo: Ordercrazy, CC0.
Watamu is a small town located approximately 105 km north of Mombasa and about 15 km south of Malindi on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It lies on a small headland, between the Blue Lagoon and Watamu Bay. Watamu is situated 6 km south of Ruins of Gedi.
Ruins of Gedi
- Categories: archaeological site and locality
- Location: Kilifi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-3.3° or 3° 18′ southLongitude
40.0166° or 40° 0′ 60″ eastOpen location code
6H82P228+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 45000236OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q502518
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Ruins of Gedi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أطلال جيداي”
- Armenian: “Գեդիի ավերակներ”
- Chinese: “格迪古鎮和考古遺址”
- Chinese: “格迪歷史古城”
- Croatian: “Gedi”
- Danish: “Gedi-ruinerne”
- Dutch: “Ruins of Gedi”
- Estonian: “Gedi ajalooline linn”
- Finnish: “Gedin rauniot”
- French: “Ruines de Gedi”
- German: “Gedi”
- German: “Ruinen von Gedi”
- Hebrew: “חורבות גדי”
- Italian: “Rovine di Gede”
- Japanese: “ゲディ遺跡”
- Kazakh: “Геде (қиранды)”
- Kazakh: “Геде”
- Maltese: “Fdalijiet ta‘ Gede”
- Maltese: “Fdalijiet ta‘ Gedi”
- Maltese: “Fdalijiet ta’ Gedi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gedi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gedi”
- Norwegian: “Gedi”
- Polish: “ruiny Gedi”
- Polish: “Ruiny Gedi”
- Russian: “Геде (руины)”
- Russian: “Геде”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gedi”
- Spanish: “Ruinas de Gede”
- Swahili: “Gedi”
- Tatar: “Геде хәрабәләре археологик аланы”
- Turkish: “Gede Harabeleri”
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Notable Places Nearby
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