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CulturalRef. 144

Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara

Cultural World Heritage property in Tanzania, inscribed in 1981 under criterion (iii).

Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara, Tanzania
Photo: Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Aapravasi GhatAldabraAmbohimangaBwindi Impenetrable National ParkChongoni Rock Art AreaFort Jesus MuseumGaramba National ParkGreat ZimbabweIsland of MozambiqueKahuzi-Biéga National ParkKasubi TombsKenya Lake System in the Great Rift ValleyKhamiKilimanjaro National ParkKondoa Rock Art SitesLake Malawi National ParkLake Turkana National ParksLamu Old TownLe Morne BrabantMana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari AreasMapungubwe Cultural LandscapeMatobo HillsMount Kenya National ParkMulanje MassifNgorongoro Conservation AreaNyungwe ForestOkapi Wildlife ReserveOkavango DeltaPitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion IslandRainforests of the AtsinananaRuins of GediRuins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo MnaraRwenzori Mountains National ParkSacred Mijikenda Kaya ForestsSalonga National ParkSelous Game ReserveSerengeti National ParkStone TownThe Medinas of the Historic Sultanates of the ComorosThimlich OhingaTsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature ReserveTsodiloVallée de MaiVirunga National Park8.958° S, 39.523° E
State Party
Tanzania
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
1981
Criteria
iii
Location
Kilwa District
What it is
heritage site
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 144 · Wikidata Q15726282

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania233 kmSelous Game ReserveTanzania · 1982NaturalStone Town, Tanzania313 kmStone TownTanzania · 2000Cultural510 kmThe Medinas of the Historic Sultanates of the ComorosComoros · 2026CulturalFort Jesus Museum, Kenya544 kmFort Jesus MuseumKenya · 2011CulturalSacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests, Kenya559 kmSacred Mijikenda Kaya ForestsKenya · 2008CulturalKondoa Rock Art Sites, Tanzania622 kmKondoa Rock Art SitesTanzania · 2006Cultural
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