Ujiji
Swahili house in Ujiji | |
Ujiji Shown within Tanzania | |
| Location | Kigoma-Ujiji District, Kigoma Region, Tanzania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 4°54′40″S 29°40′30″E / 4.91111°S 29.67500°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Founded | 18th Century |
| Cultures | Manyema, Jiji, Ha, Swahili and Arab |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Endangered |
| Ownership | Tanzanian Government |
| Management | Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | Swahili |
| Official name | Ujiji Historic Town |
| Type | Cultural |
Ujiji is the oldest town in western Tanzania and is located in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region. Originally a Swahili settlement and then an Arab slave trading post by the mid-nineteenth century nominally under the Sultanate of Zanzibar, In 1900, the population was estimated at 10,000 and in 1967 about 41,000. The site is a registered National Historic Site.