Kilwa District
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Kilwa District is an administrative district in Tanzania’s Lindi Region that includes the historic Swahili coastal settlement and UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kilwa Kisiwani.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kilwa District canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3254711 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kilwa District Context triple: [Kilwa Kisiwani, locatedIn, Kilwa District]
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A.
Uvinza District
Uvinza District is an administrative district in western Tanzania known for its salt production and location along the Central Railway line.
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B.
Ukerewe District
Ukerewe District is an administrative district in Tanzania’s Mwanza Region that encompasses Ukerewe Island and surrounding islands in Lake Victoria.
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C.
Kisii District
Kisii District was a former administrative district in southwestern Kenya, inhabited mainly by the Kisii (Abagusii) people and centered around the town of Kisii.
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D.
Siaya District
Siaya District was a former administrative district in western Kenya, located in Nyanza Province and inhabited predominantly by the Luo community.
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E.
Mlele District
Mlele District is an administrative district located within Tanzania’s Katavi Region, known for its rural communities and proximity to wildlife-rich protected areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kilwa District Target entity description: Kilwa District is an administrative district in Tanzania’s Lindi Region that includes the historic Swahili coastal settlement and UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kilwa Kisiwani.
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A.
Uvinza District
Uvinza District is an administrative district in western Tanzania known for its salt production and location along the Central Railway line.
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B.
Ukerewe District
Ukerewe District is an administrative district in Tanzania’s Mwanza Region that encompasses Ukerewe Island and surrounding islands in Lake Victoria.
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C.
Kisii District
Kisii District was a former administrative district in southwestern Kenya, inhabited mainly by the Kisii (Abagusii) people and centered around the town of Kisii.
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D.
Siaya District
Siaya District was a former administrative district in western Kenya, located in Nyanza Province and inhabited predominantly by the Luo community.
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E.
Mlele District
Mlele District is an administrative district located within Tanzania’s Katavi Region, known for its rural communities and proximity to wildlife-rich protected areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
administrative district ⓘ |
| administrativeCentre | Kilwa Masoko ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Lindi District ⓘ Liwale District ⓘ Rufiji District ⓘ |
| contains |
Kilwa Kisiwani
ⓘ
Swahili coastal settlement of Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kilwa Kisiwani
|
| country | Tanzania ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite | Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form:
Swahili
|
| heritageCriteria | cultural ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kilwa District
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Lindi Region ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ southern Tanzania ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Indian Ocean coast ⓘ |
| partOf | Swahili Coast ⓘ |
| regionCapital |
Lindi
ⓘ
surface form:
Lindi (city)
|
| subdivisionName1 | Lindi Region ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | district ⓘ |
| subdivisionType1 | region ⓘ |
| timeZone | East Africa Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kilwa District Description of subject: Kilwa District is an administrative district in Tanzania’s Lindi Region that includes the historic Swahili coastal settlement and UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kilwa Kisiwani.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kilwa Kisiwani
subject surface form:
Kilwa Kisiwani