| Songo Mnara Ruins | |
|---|---|
 Inside the Main Building | |
| Type | Settlement |
| Location | Kilwa District, Lindi Region,  Tanzania |
| Coordinates | 9°2′58″S 39°34′2″E / 9.04944°S 39.56722°E |
| Built | 9th century |
| Architectural style(s) | Swahili architecture |
| Governing body | Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1] |
| Owner | Tanzania Government |
| Official name | Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii |
| Designated | 1981 (5th session) |
| Reference no. | 144 |
| UNESCO Region | Africa |
| Endangered | 2004–2014[2] |
| Official name | Songo Mnara Ruins |
| Type | Cultural |
  Location of Songo Mnara Ruins in Tanzania | |
Songo Mnara is a historic Swahiili settlement located in Songo Mnara Island in Pande Mikoma, Kilwa District in Lindi Region of Tanzania. The island is home to a Medieval Swahili stone town. The stone town was occupied from the 14th to 16th centuries.[3] Songo Mnara has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby stone town Kilwa Kisiwani.[4] In total, archaeologists have found six mosques, four cemeteries, and two dozen house blocks along with three enclosed open spaces on the island.[5] Songo Mnara was constructed from rough-coral and mortar.[6] This stonetown was built as one of many trade towns on the Indian Ocean.[4] The site is a registered National Historic Site.[7]
- ^ "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
- ^ Tanzania’s Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara removed from UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger at UNESCO website
- ^ Stoetzel, Jack (2011). "Field Report: Archaeological Survey of Songo Mnara Island". Nyame Akuma. 76: 9–14.
- ^ a b Welham, K.; Fleisher, J.; Cheetham, P.; Manley, H.; Steele, C.; Wynne-Jones, S. (2014). "Geophysical Survey in Sub-Saharan Africa: Magnetic and Electromagnetic Investigation of UNESCO World Heritage Site of Songo Mnara, Tanzania". Archaeological Prospection. 21 (4): 255–262. doi:10.1002/arp.1487. hdl:1911/97372. S2CID 56425826.
- ^ Fleisher, Jeffrey; Wynne-Jones, Stephanie (2012). "Finding Meaning in Ancient Swahili Spatial Practices". African Archaeological Review. 29 (2–3): 171–207. doi:10.1007/s10437-012-9121-0. S2CID 144615197.
- ^ Fleisher, Jeffery. "How Public Space is Used in Ancient Cities: The Case of Songo Mnara, a Medieval Swahili City in Tanzania" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Antiquities Sites" (PDF). Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.