Watiro Island
  Watiro Island | |
| 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 in Lindi Region, Tanzania. The island is just south of Kilwa Kisiwani.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ 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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