title: Kilwa Island
text: # Kilwa Island
  
  Kilwa Island is an island on Lake Mweru, Zambia. It was known to Arab and Swahili traders of ivory, copper and slaves, who used the island on the lake as a base at one time. This lake island is named after the original Indian ocean island Kilwa Kisiwani in Tanzania.
  
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  9°16′S 28°27′E﻿ / ﻿9.267°S 28.450°E﻿ / -9.267; 28.450
  
  