Kunduchi Ruins- Travel Tips

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Kunduchi Ruins, also known as Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Kunduchi, is a significant Medieval Swahili National Historic Site located in the Kunduchi ward of Kinondoni District, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. The site features an excavated 15th-century mosque and an 18th-century cemetery adorned with the largest collection of pillared tombs in East Africa, as well as Ming-era porcelain plates. The artifacts and pottery unearthed at Kunduchi reveal its historical affluence and extensive trading connections with imperial China. The early residents were adept ironworkers who engaged in farming, fishing, hunting, and herding. Oral traditions suggest that the Debli people, possibly part of a Bantu Muslim community, established Kunduchi and built several mosques along Tanzania's coast.