Pujini Ruins (''Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Pujini'' in
Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language officially used in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes.
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa.
* Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili p ...
) is a medieval historic site next to the village of Pujini located in
Chake Chake District of
Pemba South Region
Pemba South Region or South Pemba Region () is one of the 31 regions of Tanzania, covering an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation-state of Grenada. The administrative region is located entirely on Pe ...
. There used to be a fortified palace at the site, only ruins of the walls remain. The palace is believed to have been of Mkame Mdume.
Its one of several National Historic Sites on the island of
Pemba including
Chambani and
Ras Mkumbuu
Ras Mkumbuu is a long narrow peninsula on the central west coast of Pemba Island, one of the two main islands of Tanzania's Zanzibar Archipelago. The town of Chake-Chake, one of the island's main population centres, is located immediately to the s ...
.
See also
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Historic Swahili Settlements
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Kunduchi Ruins
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Kimbiji Ruins
Kimbiji Ruins () is a Medieval Swahili, National Historic Site located in Kimbiji ward of Kigamboni District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Although the site has been vandalized by an illegally felled tree that fell on the mosque, the ...
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Tongoni Ruins
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Msuka Mjini Ruins
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Kichokochwe Ruins
References
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Swahili people
Swahili city-states
Swahili culture
Pemba Island