Kijiji (Swahili for village) is a centralize network of online urban communities for posting local classified advertisements. It is a subsidiary of eBay and was launched in March 2005. Kijiji websites are currently available for more than 300 cities in Germany. Further Kijiji countries are France, Italy, Canada, China, India, Taiwan and Japan. Kijiji was made available to selected cities in the United States on June 29, 2007.