Kizimkazi

{{Short description|Fishing village on the southern coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania}}

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Kizimkazi - officially Kizimkazi Mkunguni, but also known as Kizimkazi Mtendeni - is a fishing village on the southern coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, and was once a walled city.{{cite web|url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7832 |title=Kizimkazi Mosque |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=ArchNet |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219004436/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7832 |archivedate=2005-02-19 |df= }} It is situated three miles southeast of the Kizimkazi Mosque (which is located in Kizimkazi Dimbani, commonly known just as Dimbani). In recent years, Kizimkazi has become a major tourist attraction, as daily boat tours are organized to bring visitors off shore to watch bottlenose dolphins and swim with them.

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