Bagamoyo

Bagamoyo
Mji wa Bagamoyo (Swahili)
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 is located in Tanzania
Bagamoyo
Bagamoyo
Coordinates: 6°26′40″S 38°54′10″E / 6.44444°S 38.90278°E / -6.44444; 38.90278
Country Tanzania
RegionPwani Region
DistrictBagamoyo District
Population
 (2011)
 • Total82,578
Ethnic groups
 • SettlerSwahili
 • AncestralZaramo

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]

  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.