Watiro Island
  Location within Tanzania | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sea of Zanj |
| Coordinates | 9°00′08″S 39°32′35″E / 9.00222°S 39.54306°E |
| Length | 0.8 km (0.5 mi) |
| Width | 0.6 km (0.37 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Region | Lindi Region |
| District | Kilwa District |
| Ward | Kilwa Masoko |
| Demographics | |
| Languages | Swahili |
| Ethnic groups | Matumbi |
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
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Watiro Island". geoview.info.
- ↑ 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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