The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar

Ministry of Tourism and Heritage

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MAKUMBUSHO YA UNGUJA UKUU

Unguja Ukuu is a large site and was probably a major settlement of an African, iron-using, farming community from c. 500 AD. to c. 900 AD. It appears to have been a key urban centre built of mud and timber structures, with stone buildings covering only a small part of the site and mostly from the later periods