Bagamoyo
Mji wa Bagamoyo (Swahili) | |
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   From top to bottom: Old Arab tea house in Bagamoyo, Swahili door in Bagamoyo and street scene in Bagamoyo | |
| Nickname: Take a load off your heart | |
  Bagamoyo | |
| Coordinates: 6°26′40″S 38°54′10″E / 6.44444°S 38.90278°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Pwani Region |
| District | Bagamoyo District |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 82,578 |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili |
| • Ancestral | Zaramo |
Bagamoyo (Mji wa Bagamoyo, in Swahili) is a historic coastal town and capital of Bagamoyo District in the Pwani Region of Tanzania. Much of the settlement was founded at the end of the 18th century, though it is an extension of a much older (8th century) Swahili settlement, Kaole. It was chosen as the capital of German East Africa by the German colonial administration and it became one of the most important trading ports for the Germans along the East African coast along the west of the Indian Ocean in the late 19th and early 20th century. Bagamoyo lies 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of Dar-es-Salaam on the coast of the Zanzibar Channel, across from the island of Zanzibar. The town hosts Bagamoyo Historic Town, that is a National Historic Site of Tanzania. In 2011, the town had 82,578 inhabitants.[1]
- ^ "Towns and Cities Near Bagamoyo (Zanzibar Urban) – Within 40 Miles Distance of Bagamoyo Zanzibar Urban Tanzania Between 0 and 64.36 Kilometers Radius List". www.distantias.com. Retrieved 22 September 2019.