List of Swahili settlements of the East African coast

Swahili settlements of the East African coast date from as early as the first century CE when eastern Bantu people on the east coast of Africa began adopting the Swahili language and culture and founded settlements along the coast and islands.^[1] Below is a list of Swahili settlements founded between 800 CE to 1900 CE.

Pujini Ruins in Chake Chake District, Tanzania.

Chwaka Mosque in Micheweni District, Tanzania.

Mkama Ndume palace in Pujini, Chake Chake District, Tanzania.

Kizimkazi Mosque in Dimbani, Kusini District, Tanzania.

Gedi in Kenya.

Tongoni Ruins in Tanga District, Tanzania.

Kilwa Kisiwani ruins in Kilwa District, Tanzania.

Takwa ruins in Manda Island, Kenya.

Msuka Mjini Ruins Mosque in Micheweni District, Tanzania.

Mbutu Bandarini Mosque in Kigamboni District, Tanzania.

Mbuamaji tombs in Kigamboni District, Tanzania.

Kimbiji Mosque in Kigamboni District, Tanzania.

Northern coast, Tanzania

Manza Tanga Island Tanga Yambe Island Tongoni Mnarani

Muhembo Bweni Kuu Ras Kikokwe Kipumbwe Kiungani Sange Kisikimto Ushongo Mkwaja Bimbini Mafui

Uzimia Buyuni Saadani Utondwe Winde Mkadini Bagamoyo Historic Town Kaole

Southern Coast, Tanzania

Mbegani Old Mbweni Ukutani Kunduchi Old Msasani Old Mjimwema Mbuamaji Kimbiji Kigunda Funza Jino Baya

Sala Kutani Kisiju Kwale Island, Pwani Koma Island Kisimani, Mafia Kua Juani Mwanamkuru Mbutu Bandarini Ras Dege Kanyegwa Mfunguni Ras Kutani

Jambe Juani Chole Jibondo Kivinje Mtitimira Kilwa Kisiwani Songo Mnara Mivinja Mkuje Kikurwi Pemba Mnazi Buyuni Mbuyuni

Mwanakiwambi Sanje Majoma Sanje ya Kati Majumbe Kisawere Lindi Mchinga Ngao Mwanya Mikindani Msemo Kiruti Island Boza Island Ngevu Mkungu

Zanzibar Island, Tanzania

Zanzibar Town Unguja Ukuu Kizimkazi Mbweni, Zanzibar Dunga Mkokotoni Shangani Pwani Deburi Beit El Ras Chuini Kidichi Kizimbani Pwani ya Deburi

Chukwani Maharubi Mbweni Tumbatu Makunduchi Mvuleni Chwaka Nungwi Fukuchani Jongowe Shungi Uroa Old Mvuleni

Pemba Island, Tanzania

Shengeju Ndagoni Chake (fort) Pujini Ruins Chwaka Harun site Mandani Kichokochwe Ruins Verani Mkia wa Ng'ombe Kimeliani Mduuni Shumba Msuka Mjini Ruins Makongwe Kiwani Jambangome Bandari ya Faraji

Mtambwe Kuu Msuka Shamiani Chambani Kiungoni Mtangani Mkama Ndume Tumbe Finga Kojani Wingwi Kiungoni Kiuyu Vitongoje Mitondoni Ras Mkumbuu Ruins Mtangani Mduuni Finga

South coast, Kenya

Ngomeni Mambrui Malindi Mgangani Gedi Watamu Kilepwa Kilifi Mnarani, Kenya

Kitoka Takaungu Kinuni Jumba la Mtwana Mtwapa Kongowea, Mombasa Mvita, Mombasa Kilindini, Mombasa Tiwi

Diani Ukunda Gazi Munge Kifundi Wassini Vanga Vumba Kuu

North coast, Kenya

Ishakani Kiunga Mwana Mtama Omwe Mambore Uchi Juu Shee Umuro Shee Jafari Rubu

Simambaya Sendeni Mvindeni Kiwayu Ndau Faza Kizingitini Tundwa

Atu Siyu Kitau Shanga Wange Dondo Bui Pate Magogoni Kipungani Manda

Takwa Shela Lamu Matondoni Mkunumbi Uziwa Witu Mea Al Famau Bunta la Mwana Shaka Ungwana Kipini Kau Manda

References

1. Allen, James de Vere (1981). "Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 14 (2): 306–334. doi:10.2307/218047. JSTOR 218047.

Further reading

• Allen, James De Vere (1993). Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture & the Shungwaya Phenomenon. J. Currey. ISBN 978-0-85255-075-5. JSTOR al.ch.document.sip200016.
• Horton, Mark (September 1987). "The Swahili Corridor". Scientific American. 257 (3): 86–93. Bibcode:1987SciAm.257c..86H. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0987-86. JSTOR 24979481.
• Allen, James De Vere (1974). "Swahili Architecture in the Later Middle Ages". African Arts. 7 (2): 42–84. doi:10.2307/3334723. JSTOR 3334723.
• Spear, Thomas (2000). "Early Swahili History Reconsidered". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (2): 257–290. doi:10.2307/220649. JSTOR 220649.
• Kessy, Emmanuel T. (August 1992). The economic basis and the location of same 'iron age' settlement on pemba and zanzibar (Thesis).
• Kessy, Emanuel Thomas (1997). "Archaeological sites survey from Kisiju to Dar es Salaam". Nyame Akuma (48): 57–69. S2CID 132496308. INIST 2021648.