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ID: 7024258
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7024258
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kilwa Kisiwani (inhabited place)  Kilwa Kisiwani (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 08 57 28 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -8.9590  decimal degrees
Long: 039 29 52 E  degrees minutes   Long: 39.4981  decimal degrees

Note: Oldest of the 3 sites called "Kilwa" in the area; founded by settlers from Arabia & Iran; became critical medieval commercial center; held by Portuguese in 16th century; noted for ruins of medieval Portuguese fort and many examples of Islamic architecture.

Names:
Kilwa Kisiwani (preferred,C,V)  ............ meaning "Kilwa on the island"
Kilwa (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tanzania (nation)  ........  Tanzania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lindi Region (region (administrative division))  ............  Lindi Region (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Kilwa Kisiwani (inhabited place)  ................  Kilwa Kisiwani (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tanzania (nation)  ........  Tanzania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lindi Region (region (administrative division))  ............  Lindi Region (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Kilwa Kisiwani (island)  ................  Kilwa Kisiwani (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Kilwa Kisiwani (inhabited place)  ....................  Kilwa Kisiwani (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 10th cen., flourished 12th through 19th cen.
town (C)
tourist center (C)
fortified settlement (H)
city-state (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Kilwa..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 04/14/99
Kilwa Kisiwani..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000) accessed 04/09/99
.............................  Tanzania: Major Centres (1998) accessed 04/13/99
.............................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
.............................  World Monuments, Kilwa Kisiwani (1999) accessed 04/13/99
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 04/14/99
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 2 October 2014
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000) accessed 04/09/99
..................  Tanzania: Major Centres (1998) accessed 04/13/99
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
..................  World Monuments, Kilwa Kisiwani (1999) accessed 04/13/99
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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