Zanzibar Archipelago

The Zanzibar Archipelago

The Zanzibar Archipelago consists of several islands lying off the coast of East Africa in the Indian Ocean. There are four main islands, three primary islands with human populations, a fourth coral island that serves as an essential breeding ground for seabirds, plus a number of smaller islets that surround them and an isolated tiny islet.^[1]

Most of the archipelago belongs to the Zanzibar semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, while Mafia Island and its associated islets fall under the suzerainty of the Pwani Region on the mainland.

List of islands in the Zanzibar Archipelago

Main islands

• Unguja Island, the largest, colloquially referred to as Zanzibar
• Pemba Island, the second largest
• Latham Island (also Fungu Kizimkazi), tiny and uninhabited^[2]
• Mafia Island

Surrounding Unguja

• Bawe Island
• Changuu (Prison) Island
• Chapwani (Grave) Island
• Tumbatu Island - settled
• Popo Island
• Daloni Island
• Mnemba Island
• Vundwe Island
• Uzi Island - settled
• Sume Island
• Miwi Island
• Pungume Island
• Kwale Island
• Tele Island
• Ukombe Island
• Chumbe Island
• Nyange Island
• Murogo Sand Banks
• Pange Island

Surrounding Pemba^[3]

• Misali Island
• Vikunguni
• Kashani
• Kokota Island - settled
• Funzi Island
• Pembe Island
• Uvinje Island - settled
• Fundo Island - settled
• Njao Island
• Kisiwa Mbali
• Kisiwa Hamisi
• Kisiwa N´gombe
• Kisiwa Kamata
• Kojani Island - settled
• Kuji Island (Mtangani)
• Shamiani (Kiweni) Island - settled
• Jombe Island
• Panza Island - settled
• Panani Island
• Sumtama Island
• Matumbini Island
• Matumbi Makubwa Island
• Kwata Islet
• Makoongwe Island - settled

See also

• Zanzibar
• Archipelago
• Mafia Island

References

1. Lizzie Williams (2005). Africa Overland. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 1-77007-187-3.
2. Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, United Republic of Tanzania, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, United Nations Economic and Social Council, E/C.12/TZA/1-3, 28 March 2011, page 5
3. Pemba - The clove island 1:100,000, Map & Guide, 2013, Dept. of Surveys and mapping, Chake-Chake

• Finke, J. (2006) The Rough Guide to Zanzibar (2nd edition). New York: Rough Guides.

External links

• Zanzibar.net
• ZanzibarIslands.com: Zanzibar Islands travel website — images and information guide.