Uzi Island is an island in the south of

Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands ...

, connected by causeway to the main island of

Unguja Unguja (also referred to as "Zanzibar Island" or simply "Zanzibar", in grc, Μενουθιάς, Menuthias – as mentioned in The ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'') is the largest and most populated island of the Zanzibar archipelago, in Tanza ...

. It is located immediately to the south of the main island's

Unguja Ukuu Unguja Ukuu (''Mji wa Kale wa Unguja Ukuu'' in Swahili) is a historic Swahili people, Swahili settlement on Unguja island (Zanzibar Island), in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Background Unguja Ukuu is an archaeological site on the island of Zanzibar. This ...

ruins. The island is undeveloped and contains few occupants who temporarily dwell there for fishing. Uzi island is in length, making it the second largest of the smaller islands which surround Unguja (after

Tumbatu Tumbatu (''eneo la kale wa Tumbatu'' in Swahili) is historic Swahili settlement located on Tumbatu Island, Kaskazini A District of Unguja North Region in Tanzania. This site is a significant archaeological site that contains a large number o ...

in the north).

References

*Finke, J. (2006) ''The Rough Guide to Zanzibar (2nd edition).'' New York: Rough Guides. Islands of Zanzibar {{Zanzibar-geo-stub