Historical place profile
Thimlich Ohinga
A complex of stone-built structures in Migori county, Western Kenya, in East Africa, Thimlich Ohinga belonged to the Luo culture. The architecture is evocative of the Great Zimbabwe Empire located in Zimbabwe. The site was enrolled on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2018.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:431950551
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:431950551
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- -0.891232, 34.325898
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A complex of stone-built structures in Migori county, Western Kenya, in East Africa, Thimlich Ohinga belonged to the Luo culture. The architecture is evocative of the Great Zimbabwe Empire located in Zimbabwe. The site was enrolled on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2018.
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
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Research path
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