Location: | Unguja Zanzibar Archipelago Tanzania |
Coordinates: | -5.9557°N 39.1822°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1886 (first) |
Yearlit: | 1926 (current) |
Construction: | stone tower |
Shape: | square tower with balcony and lantern[1] |
Marking: | white and black horizontal bands |
Characteristic: | Fl W 15s. |
Managingagent: | Zanzibar Ports Corporation |
The Mangapwani Lighthouse is located in Bumbwini, Zanzibar, Tanzania. The lighthouse is one of the oldest lighthouses on the island and is a square stone tower, painted with black and white horizontal bands. The lighthouse is near the Mangapwani slave caves, which were built after the slave trade was abolished in 1873.[2] According to a July 2008 article in Lighthouse Digest, the lighthouse is area is abandoned and stripped by vandals.[3]