Tanga Region
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Tanga Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of 26,667 km2. The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Burundi. The reg
Colonial building 2, Central Ward, Tanga
Funguni Island, Pangani, Tanga
Tongoni Ruins Masjid
Tongoni Ruins
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The Tongoni Ruins are a 15th-century Swahili ruins of a mosque and forty tombs located in Tongoni ward in Tanga District inside Tanga Region of Tanzania. The largest and possibly most significant Swah
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…into several ethnic groups: the Sambaa, Digo, Bondei, Nguu, Segeju and Zigua communities. In the Middle Ages the Swahili settled into city-states like Tongoni and Mshembo and Pangani on the Tangan coast. After the decline of the Swahili states in the 17th century, the region came under the Shambaa Kingdom of…
Pillar tomb at Tongoni
Tongoni Ruins
Coral plaster detail, Tongoni ruins
Coral Work detail