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Gede Ruins

UNESCO World Heritage

Museum in Watamu & Malindi · founded 13

Gede Ruins
Photograph by Mgiganteus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Ruins of Gedi (Magofu wa mji wa kale wa Gedi in (Swahili) are a UNESCO World Heritage site near the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Kenya. The site is adjacent to the town of Gedi (also known as Gede) in Kilifi County and within the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest. Gedi is one of many medieval Swahili coastal settlements that stretch from Barawa, Somalia, to the Zambezi River in Mozambique. There are 116 known Swahili sites stretching from southern Somalia to Vumba Kuu at the Kenya-Tanzania border.

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