Pujini Ruins (Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Pujini in Swahili ) is a Medieval historic site next to the village of Pujini located in Chake Chake District of Pemba South Region.[2] There used to be a fortified palace at the site, only ruins of the walls remain. The palace is believed to have been of Mkame Mdume.[3][4] Its one of several National Historic Sites on the island of Pemba including Chambani and Ras Mkumbuu.

Pujini Ruins
The stairway to the rampart, Pujini ruins, Pemba South.
Pujini Ruins is located in Tanzania
Pujini Ruins
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LocationChake Chake District,
Pemba South Region,
 Tanzania
Coordinates5°19′40.8″S 39°47′4.56″E / 5.328000°S 39.7846000°E / -5.328000; 39.7846000
TypeSettlement
History
MaterialCoral rag
Founded12-14th century CE
Abandoned17th century CE
CulturesSwahili
Site notes
OwnershipTanzanian Government
ManagementAntiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1]
Public accessyes
Architecture
Architectural stylesSwahili & Islamic
Official namePujini Ruins Historic Site
TypeCultural
inactive excavation

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  1. ^ "Antiquities Division". Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Tanzania. Archived from the original on 2022-08-03. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ Spear, Thomas (January 2000). "Swahili History and Society to 1900: A Classified Bibliography". History in Africa. 27: 339–373. doi:10.2307/3172120. JSTOR 3172120. S2CID 161594711.
  3. ^ LaViolette, Adria; Fleisher, Jeffrey (2009). "The Urban History of a Rural Place: Swahili Archaeology on Pemba Island, Tanzania, 700-1500 AD". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 42 (3): 433–455. JSTOR 40646777.
  4. ^ Ingrams, William Harold (1800). The chief's trumpet or sacred horn in East Africa. JSTOR 60230294. OCLC 656511131.