Pembwe and the Southeast
Pembwe and the Southeast is the hot humid region of Tanzania including the principal city Dar es Salaam and most of the country's Indian Ocean coastline.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Dar es Salaam and Pemba Island.
Dar es Salaam
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Dar es Salaam was founded in 1862 by Sultan Seyyid Majid of Zanzibar on the site of the village of Mzizima. Mzizima's history dates back to when the Barawa people started to settle and cultivate the area around Mbwa Maji, Magogoni, Mjimwema, Gezaulole, and Kibonde Maji Mbagara.
Pemba Island
Pemba Island is an island forming part of the Zanzibar Archipelago in Tanzania, located approximately 50 km north of Zanzibar, the largest island in the archipelago and main visitor destination.
Kilwa
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Kilwa is an island and a small village in Southeast Tanzania. Kilwa Kisiwani was once a thriving Arab city-state on the large island surrounded by the Kilwa Bay.
Destinations to Discover
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Mafia Island
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Mafia Island or Chole Shamba is an island of The Mafia Archipelago located in Mafia District in the southern Pwani Region of Tanzania across the Mafia Channel.
Mtwara
Mtwara is the capital city of Mtwara Region in southeastern Tanzania. In the 1940s, it was planned and constructed as the export facility for the disastrous Tanganyika groundnut scheme, but was somewhat neglected when the scheme was abandoned in 1951.
Lindi
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Lindi is a town in the South East region of Tanzania. It is located at the mouth of the rukuledi river. It has a population of 27,000. It is a shipping port for copra, cotton and tobacco, and is a fishing base.
Bagamoyo
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Bagamoyo is a historic coastal town and capital of Bagamoyo District in the Pwani Region of Tanzania. Much of the settlement was founded at the end of the 18th century, though it is an extension of a much older Swahili settlement, Kaole.
Mikindani
Mikindani is a historic coastal town located in Mtwara-Mikindani District of Mtwara Region in Tanzania. The name comes from the Swahili word mikinda which means "young coconut trees".Pembwe and the Southeast
- Location: Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
-7.6333° or 7° 37′ 60″ southLongitude of center
38.7667° or 38° 46′ 0″ eastWikidata ID
Q14202845
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Russian—“Pembwe and the Southeast” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Sudorienta Tanzanio”
- French: “Littoral et Sud-Est tanzanien”
- Italian: “Litorale della Tanzania”
- Russian: “Восточное побережье и юго-восток Танзании”
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