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Chole Island Ruins

Ruins on Chole Island
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Location	Chole Island of Jibondo ward, Mafia District, Pwani Region,  Tanzania
Coordinates	7°52′11.64″S 39°45′18″E / 7.8699000°S 39.75500°E / -7.8699000; 39.75500
Type	Settlement
History
Material	Coral rag
Site notes
Condition	Endangered
Ownership	Tanzanian Government
Management	Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
Architecture
Architectural styles	Swahili
National Historic Sites of Tanzania
Official name	Chole Island Historic Site
Type	Cultural

Chole Island Ruins (Magofu ya kale ya Kisiwa cha Chole in Swahili ) is a national historic site located on Chole Island of Jibondo ward in Mafia District of Pwani Region in Tanzania. The ruined mosques are from the 14th century, whereas other remains that have survived are often considerably more recent, from the 18th century. Even though the remains are in disrepair and are difficult to navigate, the largest standing ruin is a massive double-story building with stone staircases and a labyrinth of anterooms.

References

1. "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
2. Skinner, Annabel (1 March 2013). "Tanzania Safari Guide; Chole Island, The Indian Ocean". Tanzania Safari Blog.
3. Walley, Christine J. (2003). "Our Ancestors Used to Bury Their 'Development' in the Ground: Modernity and the Meanings of Development within a Tanzanian Marine Park". Anthropological Quarterly. 76 (1): 33–54. doi:10.1353/anq.2003.0015. JSTOR 3318360. S2CID 143195477.
4. Christie, Annalisa C. "Exploring the social context of maritime exploitation in Tanzania between the 14th-18th c. AD: recent research from the Mafia Archipelago." Prehistoric marine resource use in the Indo-Pacific regions (2013): 97-122.

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