Songo Mnara Island
Island in Kilwa District of Lindi Region
9°3′54.36″S 39°34′46.2″E / 9.0651000°S 39.579500°E / -9.0651000; 39.579500![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png)
Songo Mnara Island is an island located in Pande Mikoma ward in Kilwa District in Lindi Region of Tanzania's Indian Ocean coast. The island is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Songo Mnara, one of seven world heritage sites in the country. In total, the island covers an area of 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi),[1] and has an average elevation of 9 m (30 ft).[2] The Island is the ancestral home of the Machinga people.
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Kilwa District
Capital: Kilwa Masoko
- Chumo
- Kandawale
- Kinjumbi
- Kikole
- Kipatimu
- Kiranjeranje
- Kilwa Kivinje
- Lihimalyao
- Likawage
- Mandawa
- Kilwa Masoko
- Miguruwe
- Mingumbi
- Miteja
- Mitole
- Nanjirinji
- Njinjo
- Pande Mikoma
- Songosongo
- Tingi
- Kibata
- Songosongo Islands
- Kilwa Kisiwani
- Songo Mnara Island
- Sanje ya Kati Island
- Watiro Island
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