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Watiro Island

Watiro Island
Watiro Island is located in Tanzania
Watiro Island
Watiro Island
Geography
LocationSea of Zanj
Coordinates9°00′08″S 39°32′35″E / 9.00222°S 39.54306°E / -9.00222; 39.54306
Length0.8 km (0.5 mi)
Width0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Administration
RegionLindi Region
DistrictKilwa District
WardKilwa Masoko
Demographics
LanguagesSwahili
Ethnic groupsMatumbi

Watiro Island (Kisiwa cha Watiro, in Swahili) is an island located in Kilwa Masoko ward of Kilwa District in Lindi Region, Tanzania. The island is just south of Kilwa Kisiwani.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Pollard, Edward (September 22, 2011). "Safeguarding Swahili trade in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries: a unique navigational complex in south-east Tanzania". World Archaeology. 43 (3): 458–477. doi:10.1080/00438243.2011.608287. S2CID 161668324 – via CrossRef.
  2. ^ "Watiro Island". geoview.info.
  3. ^ Pollard, Edward (March 1, 2016). "Interpreting Medieval to Post-Medieval Seafaring in South East Tanzania Using 18th- to 20th-Century Charts and Sailing Directions". Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est / The East African Review (51): 99–125. doi:10.4000/eastafrica.332. S2CID 199952795 – via journals.openedition.org.


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