Khami
Khami is a ruined city located 22 kilometres west of Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. It was once the capital of the Kingdom of Butua of the Torwa dynasty. It is now a national monument and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ruined city and capital of the Kingdom of Butua
- Also known as: “Khami Ruins (World Heritage Site)”
Khami
- Categories: archaeological site, human settlement, ancient city, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-20.14424° or 20° 8′ 39″ southLongitude
28.42327° or 28° 25′ 24″ eastOpen location code
5GFCVC4F+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 966731624OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q938685
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Khami” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Khami”
- Arabic: “آثارخامي”
- Arabic: “خامي”
- Asturian: “Khami”
- Azerbaijani: “Khami”
- Basque: “Khami”
- Burmese: “ခါမိမြို့ဟောင်း”
- Catalan: “Khami”
- Chinese: “卡米”
- Chinese: “卡米国家遗址纪念地”
- Croatian: “Khami”
- Danish: “Khami”
- Dutch: “Khami”
- Egyptian Arabic: “خامى”
- Esperanto: “Khami”
- Finnish: “Khami”
- French: “Khami”
- French: “Ruines de Khami”
- Georgian: “ხამი”
- German: “Khami”
- Hausa: “Khami”
- Hebrew: “חאמי”
- Irish: “Khami”
- Italian: “Khami”
- Japanese: “カミ遺跡群”
- Japanese: “カミ遺跡群国立記念物”
- Kotava: “Khami”
- Lithuanian: “Khamis”
- Maithili: “खामि अवशेष राष्ट्रिय धरोहर”
- Maltese: “Kame”
- Maltese: “Kami”
- Maltese: “Khame”
- Maltese: “Khami”
- Nepali: “खामि अवशेष राष्ट्रिय धरोहर”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Khami”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Khamiruinene”
- Norwegian: “Khami”
- Polish: “Khami”
- Portuguese: “Cami”
- Portuguese: “Khami”
- Portuguese: “Ruínas de Khami”
- Russian: “Кхами”
- Serbian: “Ками”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Khami”
- Slovenian: “Khami”
- Spanish: “Khami”
- Spanish: “Monumento Nacional de las Ruinas de Khami”
- Swedish: “Khamiruinerna”
- Turkish: “Khami”
- Vietnamese: “Khami”
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