The Zanzibar Archipelago (''Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar'', in Swahili, ar, أرخبيل زنجبار) are a group of islands off the coast of mainland

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

in the

sea of Zanj The Sea of Zanj ( ar, بحر زنج) is a former name for that portion of the western Indian Ocean adjacent to the region in the African Great Lakes referred to by medieval Arab geographers as Zanj.

. The archipelago is also known as the Spice Islands. There are four main islands, three primary islands with permanent 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. Most of the archipelago belongs to the

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 ...

semi-autonomous zones of

, while the neighboring Mafia Archipelago and its associated islets are parts of the

Pwani Region Pwani Region (''Mkoa wa Pwani'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The word "''Pwani''" in Swahili means the "''coast''". The regional capital is the town of Kibaha. The Region borders the Tanga Region to the north, Mor ...

on the Tanzanian mainland.

List of islands

Main islands

* Unguja Island – the largest island, colloquially referred to as Zanzibar, has 896,721 inhabitants *

Pemba Island Pemba Island ( ar, الجزيرة الخضراء ''al-Jazīra al-khadrā'', literally "The Green Island"; sw, Pemba kisiwa) is a Tanzanian island forming part of the Zanzibar Archipelago, lying within the Swahili Coast in the Indian Ocean. Geog ...

– the second-largest island with 406,808 inhabitants *

Latham Island Latham Island, known locally as Fungu Kizimkazi, Fungu Mbaraka is a small, relatively isolated island in the Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania which is historically under the Government of Zanzibar since 1898. History The island has several local n ...

(also called "Fungu Kizimkazi") – tiny and uninhabited

Surrounding Unguja Island

Bawe Island Bawe Island is a small island in the Zanzibar Archipelago, in Tanzania. It is located about offshore Stone Town, the capital of Zanzibar on the island of Unguja. At the end of the 18th century, sultan Barghash ibn Sa'id of Zanzibar gave the i ...

* Changuu Island * Chapwani Island *

Chumbe Island Chumbe Island is a small privately owned island a few kilometres off the main island of Zanzibar, known for its ecological innovation and exceptional coral reefs. In 1992 the fringing reef west of Chumbe Island was officially closed to fishing, ...

* Daloni Island * Kwale Island, Magharibi * Miwi Island * Mnemba Island – settled * Murogo Sand Banks * Nyange Island * Pange Island * Popo Island * Pungume Island * Sume Island *

Tele Island Tele may refer to: * Television * Tele (band), a German rock/pop band * Tele Ikuru, Deputy Governor of Rivers State * Télé, Mali, a rural commune of the Cercle of Goundam in the Tombouctou Region of Mali * Telemarketing * Telegraphy * ''Even ...

Tumbatu Island Tumabatu Island is an island located in Kaskazini A District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's Indian Ocean coast. In Tanzania, East Africa's Zanzibar Archipelago The Zanzibar Archipelago ( ar, أرخبيل زنجبار, sw, Funguvisiwa la Zanz ...

– settled * Ukombe Island *

Uzi Island Uzi Island is an island in the south of Zanzibar, connected by causeway to the main island of Unguja. It is located immediately to the south of the main island's Unguja Ukuu ruins. The island is undeveloped and contains few occupants who temporari ...

– settled *

Vundwe Island Vundwe Island is a small uninhabited island in Tanzania. The islet is part of the Zanzibar Archipelago, and is located near the southwestern coast of Unguja. It lies only 300 m south of Uzi Island and it has an area of 1,4 km2. Its elev ...

Surrounding Pemba IslandPemba - The clove island 1:100,000, Map & Guide, 2013, Dept. of Surveys and mapping, Chake-Chake

* Fundo Island – settled * Funzi Island * Jombe Island * Kashani Island * Kisiwa Hamisi * Kisiwa Kamata * Kisiwa Mbali * Kisiwa N´gombe * Kojani Island – settled *

Kokota Island Kokota is a town and sub-prefecture in the Lola Prefecture in the Nzérékoré Region of south-eastern Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of G ...

– settled * Kuji Island * Kwata Islet * Makoongwe Island – settled *

Matumbi Makubwa Island Matumbi may refer to: *the Matumbi people *the Matumbi language *Matumbi (band) Matumbi were one of the top British reggae bands of the 1970s and early 1980s, and are best known as the first successful band of guitarist and record producer Dennis ...

* Matumbini Island * Misali Island *

Njao Island Njao Island is located off the northwest coast of Pemba Island, one of the two main islands of Tanzania's Zanzibar Archipelago The Zanzibar Archipelago ( ar, أرخبيل زنجبار, sw, Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar) consists of several island ...

* Panani Island * Panza Island – settled * Shamiani Island – settled * Sumtama Island * Uvinje Island – settled * Vikunguni Island

References

External links

Zanzibar.net
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