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Thimlich Ohinga

a Pleiades place resource

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A complex of stone-built structures in Migori county, Western Kenya, in East Africa, Thimlich Ohinga belonged to the Luo culture. The architecture is evocative of the Great Zimbabwe Empire located in Zimbabwe. The site was enrolled on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2018.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/431950551

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
-0.891231966094, 34.3258980471

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- OSM location of Thimlich Ohinga (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Place type:
settlement

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Thimlich Ohinga: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/431950551> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/431950551 |title=Places: 431950551 (Thimlich Ohinga) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 3:02 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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