The geographical factor that attracted traders to East Africa, leading to the creation of Swahili culture was the coastal region along the Southeast African border, which had port facilities to support trade.
The Swahili culture constituted a series of cultural manifestations developed by the Swahili or Waswahili people who lived on the east coast of Africa spanning from Somalia to Mozambique, and the islands of Comoros and Madagascar, an area which has several remains of Swahili populations, often in ruins.