Historical place profile
Ruins of Gedi
Extensive ruins of a medieval Swahili coastal town at modern Gedi in Kenya's Kilifi District. The earliest evidence for occupation dates to not earlier than the 11th century CE. The site was abandoned by the mid-17th century. The Ruins of Gedi are a designated national monument of Kenya and were added to the World Heritage Site list in 2024.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:897829063
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:897829063
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- -3.309345, 40.017210
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Extensive ruins of a medieval Swahili coastal town at modern Gedi in Kenya's Kilifi District. The earliest evidence for occupation dates to not earlier than the 11th century CE. The site was abandoned by the mid-17th century. The Ruins of Gedi are a designated national monument of Kenya and were added to the World Heritage Site list in 2024.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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