Takwa

ruins of a town on Manda Island in Kenya
Place ruins Q972260
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Takwa

Summary

Takwa is a ruins[1]. Takwa draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (ruins category, ranking #42 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • Takwa is located in Lamu County[3].
  • Takwa is in the country of Kenya[4].
  • Takwa's image is recorded as Takwa Ruins Mosque 2011.JPG[5].
  • Takwa's instance of is recorded as ruins[6].
  • Takwa's instance of is recorded as abandoned village[7].
  • Takwa's owned by is recorded as National Museums of Kenya[8].
  • Takwa's architectural style is recorded as Islamic architecture[9].
  • Takwa's location is recorded as Manda Island[10].
  • Takwa's Commons category is recorded as Takwa[11].
  • +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Takwa[12].
  • Takwa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -2.2983333333333, 'lon': 40.958333333333}[13].
  • Takwa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03d2kvf[14].
  • Takwa's state of conservation is recorded as demolished or destroyed[15].
  • Takwa's OpenStreetMap node ID is recorded as 2079126282[16].

Body

Geography

Takwa is in the country of Kenya[4]. Takwa is located in Lamu County[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ruins[6] and abandoned village[7].

History and Context

+1982-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Takwa[12]. Takwa's owned by is recorded as National Museums of Kenya[8].

Why It Matters

Takwa draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (ruins category, ranking #42 of 107).[2] Takwa has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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