Zanzibar Archipelago
The Zanzibar Archipelago (Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar, in Swahili, Arabic: أرخبيل زنجبار) is a group of islands off the coast of Tanzania in the sea of Zanj. The archipelago is also named the Spice Islands. People only live on some of the islands. The biggest islands are Unguja Island and Pemba Island. [1]
Most of the islands are part of Zanzibar, which is an area of Tanzania with some power to control itself. The nearby Mafia Archipelago and the small islands near it are part of the Pwani Region (area) of Zanzibar.
Coordinates: 6°33′S 39°34′E / 6.550°S 39.567°E
- Unguja Island is the largest island. It is sometimes named Zanzibar. 896,721 people live there.
- Pemba Island is the second-largest island. 406,808 people live there.
Near Unguja Island
- Bawe Island
- Changuu Island
- Chapwani Island
- Chumbe Island
- Daloni Island
- Kwale Island, Zanzibar
- Miwi Island
- Mnemba Island – lived on
- Murogo Sand Banks
- Nyange Island
- Pange Island
- Popo Island
- Pungume Island
- Sume Island
- Tele Island
- Tumbatu Island – lived on
- Ukombe Island
- Uzi Island – lived on
- Vundwe Island
Near Pemba Island
- Fundo Island – lived on
- Funzi Island
- Jombe Island
- Kashani Island
- Kisiwa Hamisi
- Kisiwa Kamata
- Kisiwa Mbali
- Kisiwa N´gombe
- Kojani Island – lived on
- Kokota Island – lived on
- Kuji Island
- Kwata Islet
- Makoongwe Island – lived on
- Matumbi Makubwa Island
- Matumbini Island
- Misali Island
- Njao Island
- Panani Island
- Panza Island – lived on
- Shamiani Island – lived on
- Sumtama Island
- Uvinje Island – lived on
- Vikunguni Island
Zanzibar Archipelago Media
Zanzibar Archipelago location map
Topographic map of the Zanzibar Archipelago of the Western Indian Ocean, off the east coast of Africa in Tanzania.
References
- ↑ Lizzie Williams (2005). Africa Overland. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 1-77007-187-3.
Read more
- Finke, J. (2006) The Rough Guide to Zanzibar (2nd edition). New York: Rough Guides.