The Zanzibar Archipelago ( ar, أرخبيل زنجبار, sw, Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar) consists of several islands lying off the coast of

East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical ...

south of the Somali sea. The archipelago is also known as the Spice Islands. 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. 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 region of

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 ...

, while

Mafia Island Mafia Island (Kisiwa cha Mafia) is an island and district of Pwani Region, Tanzania. The island is the third largest in Tanzanian ocean territory, but is not administratively included within the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, which has been ...

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, M ...

on the 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 *

– 46,850 inhabitants

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 ...

* 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 * 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 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 ...

– 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 – settled * Kuji Island * Kwata Islet * Makoongwe Island – settled * Matumbi Makubwa Island * Matumbini Island * Misali Island * Njao Island * Panani Island * Panza Island – settled * Shamiani Island – settled * Sumtama Island * Uvinje Island – settled * Vikunguni Island

References

External links

Zanzibar.net
{{Authority control Divided regions Archipelagoes of the Indian Ocean Archipelagoes of Tanzania Coastal islands of Tanzania Northern Zanzibar–Inhambane coastal forest mosaic