Ruins of Gedi
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ruins-of-gedi-173-2841130
title:
Ruins of Gedi
text:
The ruins of Gedi are a UNESCO World Heritage site near the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Kenya. The site is adjacent to the town of Gedi in the Kilifi District 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. Since the rediscovery of the Gedi ruins by colonialists in the 1
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
UNESCO World Heritage site in Kenya
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruins_of_Gedi
date created:
2005-01-02T23:54:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T16:25:56Z
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13
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