Mkia_wa_Ng'ombe

Mkia wa Ng'ombe

Mkia wa Ng'ombe

National Historic Site of Tanzania

Mkia wa Ng'ombe Ruins (Magofu ya mji wa Kale wa Mkia wa Ng'ombe in Swahili ) is protected historic site located inside Micheweni District of Pemba North Region in Tanzania. The settlement was established around the 15th CE and abandoned in the 16th century. There are ruins of a mosque, tombs and some stone buildings. The site is critically endangered to further erosion.[2][3][4][5][6]

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    "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
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    Spear, Thomas (2000). "Early Swahili History Reconsidered". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (2): 257–290. doi:10.2307/220649. JSTOR 220649.
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