Koyama (also known as Kunyama Kundeeq) (also spelled Kwayama and Coiama) is an island in southern

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

, in the region of Jubaland. Koyama is the second largest island of the

Bajuni Islands The Bajuni Islands ( it, Isole Giuba, also known as the Bajun Islands or Baajun Islands) are an archipelago in southern Somalia. They are situated in the Somali sea in the southern coast of Jubaland, from Kismayo to Ras Kiyamboni (not to be confuse ...

archipelago in the Somali sea, situated only from the mainland coast of

. It is long and up to wide, and features a large bay or

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opening towards the mainland coast. At , it is almost equal in size to Chula, which measures . Koyama island has two separate villages, Koyama and Koyamani. Koyama is rich in Swahili historic ruins and monuments such as

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Demographics

The island are today mainly inhabited by the Bajuni people.Land, Property, and Housing in Somalia - Page 52, Gregory Norton - 2008 All Bajuni inhabitants of Koyama belong to the Nowfali sub-clan.

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Islands of Somalia Islands of the Indian Ocean Somali Sea {{Somalia-geo-stub

Demographics

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