Dimbani

{{Short description|Village on the island of Unguja, Zanzibar}} {{+R|date=April 2022}}

'''Dimbani''' - officially '''Kizimkazi Dimbani''' - is a village on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, part of Zanzibar. It is one of a pair of villages located close to the southern tip of the west coast, the other being Kizimkazi Mtendeni (commonly known simply as Kizimkazi).

Dimbani's most notable feature is Kizimkazi Mosque, one of the oldest Islamic structures in East Africa.<ref name="ArchnetKizimkaziMosque">{{cite web |url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7832 |title=Kizimkazi Mosque |access-date=2010-09-04 |work=ArchNet |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219004436/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7832 |archive-date=2005-02-19 }}</ref>

== See also == * Southeast Africa

== References == {{reflist}} * Finke, J. (2006) ''The Rough Guide to Zanzibar (2nd edition).'' New York: Rough Guides.

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Category:Villages in Zanzibar

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