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Bagamoyo

Pwani Region, Tanzania
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About Bagamoyo

Bagamoyo, Tanzania, is a city based on the cease of the 18th century, although it is an extension of a miles older eighth century settlement, Kaole. It turned into the capital of German East Africa and became one of the maximum crucial trading ports along the East African coast alongside the west of the Indian Ocean. In 2011, the city had eighty two,578 population and is the capital of the Bagamoyo District. The original settlement, Kaole, became founded c. 800 CE, and grew into an important trading metropolis by way of the thirteenth century. The Kaole Ruins comprise the remnants of mosques and 30 tombs, dated back to the thirteenth century. Around the seventeenth century, the settlement 2-3 miles north of Kaole started growing.

This region grew in prosperity, obtaining the call Bagamoyo by way of the 18th century as an critical prevent within the caravan change the call means "take the load off and relaxation". Until the 18th century, Bagamoyo become a small buying and selling center wherein most of the populace became fishermen and farmers. The major trading items had been fish, salt, and gum, amongst different matters. Bagamoyo became the most important buying and selling entrepot of the east critical coast of Africa inside the overdue 19th century.

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