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Stone Town

Cultural World Heritage property in Tanzania, inscribed in 2000 under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).

Stone Town, Tanzania
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State Party
Tanzania
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
2000
Criteria
iiiiivi
Area of property
96 ha
Location
Mjini Magharibi Region, Mjini District
What it is
city, urban area
Landform
Unguja
Reference
WHC 173 · Wikidata Q844417

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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