Kilwa Island is an island on Lake Mweru, Zambia. It was known to Arab and Swahili traders of ivory, copper and slaves, who used the island on the lake as a base at one time. This lake island is named after the original Indian ocean island Kilwa Kisiwani in Tanzania.


9°16′S 28°27′E / 9.267°S 28.450°E / -9.267; 28.450

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