Kipumbwi is an administrative ward in
Pangani District
Pangani District ( Swahili language: ''Wilaya ya Pangani'') is one of the eight districts and one of 11 administrative councils in Tanga Region in north eastern Tanzania. As of the 2012 census, the population was Pangani district was 54,025, maki ...
of
Tanga Region
Tanga Region (''Mkoa wa Tanga'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Burundi. The regional capital is the mu ...
in
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
. The ward covers an area of , and has an average elevation of . According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 5,333. Kipumbwi is named after a Medieval
Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa
* Swahili culture
Swahili culture is the culture of ...
city state on the coast of Kipumbwi ward.
[James de Vere Allen. "Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement." The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, Boston University African Studies Center, 1981, pp. 306–34, https://doi.org/10.2307/218047]
See also
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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. Be ...
References
Swahili people
Swahili city-states
Swahili culture
National Historic Sites in Tanga Region
National Historic Sites in Tanzania
Archaeological sites in Tanzania
Wards of Pangani District
Wards of Tanga Region
Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa
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