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Takwa
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🏛️ Ancient ruins

Takwa

Abandoned village · Kenya

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
1982
Population
—
Coordinates
-2.298, 40.958
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Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: Разрушенный средневековый город кенийского острова Манда

History

The Takwa settlement is situated on the south side of Manda Island, in the Lamu District in the coastal province of Kenya. They are the ruins of a town which was abandoned around the 18th century.

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