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The Bajuni Islands (Italian: Isole Giuba, also known as the Bajun Islands[1] or Baajun Islands) are an archipelago in southern Somalia.[2] They are situated in the Somali sea in the southern coast of Jubaland, from Kismayo to Ras Kiyamboni (not to be confused with Ras Kamboni).

Bajuni Islands

Bajuni Islands Bajuni Islands (Somalia)
Geography
Archipelago	Bajuni Archipelago
Total islands	9
Major islands	Chandra, Chovaye, Chula, Koyama, Darakasi, Ngumi
Administration
Somalia
Demographics
Ethnic groups	Bajuni people

Geography

Administratively, the islands are within the Lower Jubba region of Somalia.

There are six main islands:

• Chandra (2.95 km²),
• Chovaye (also spelled Tovai;[1] 0.8720°S 42.1593°E / -0.8720; 42.1593) (5.46 km²),
• Chula (also spelled Tula;[1] 1.0052°S 42.0364°E / -1.0052; 42.0364) (1.99 km²),
• Koyama (6.38 km²),
• Darakasi (1.99 km²) and
• Ngumi (2.56 km²).

Chula with the village of Ndowa is the only island with a significant population.

Other islands of minor importance are: Kandha Iwu, Fuma, Ilisi and the island of Kismayo (actual Kismayo harbor), the latter of which was attached to the coast in 1961 during the construction of Kismayo Port.

History

The islands, as well as the extreme southern area of present-day Somalia, were part of British East Africa prior to World War I. They were later transferred to Italy after the war.[1] According to C. Wightwick Haywood, then a British official in Kismayo, who visited the islands in 1913, the only inhabited islands in the chain were Tovai (i.e., Chovaye - the biggest island in the chain) and the nearby Tula (i.e. Chula). Each of these two islands were no more than 3 miles long and a mile across.

On his 1913 trip, Haywood saw ruins of what he described as a "fair-sized town" on the Tovai (Chovaye) Island. He was impressed. He mentioned that somewhat similar stone scrollwork could also be seen on houses in the Lamu Islands in present-day Kenya.[1] Until 1925, the Bajuni Islands had for decades formed a constituent part of British Jubbaland, until the adjacent mainland territory was ceded and British Jubaland ceased to exist.[3]

Demographics

The islands are today mainly inhabited by the eponymous Bajuni people.[4]

See also

• List of islands in the Indian Ocean
• Saad ad-Din Islands

Notes

На других языках

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[de] Bajuni-Inseln

Die Bajuni-Inseln oder Baajun-Inseln sind eine Kette von Koralleninseln im Indischen Ozean im Süden Somalias, die entlang der Küste in einem Abstand von einem bis sechs Kilometer von Kismaayo im Norden über 100 Kilometer bis zum Raas Kaambooni nahe der kenianischen Grenze erstreckt. Die Gesamtfläche dieser Inseln beträgt über 30 Quadratkilometer. Sie sind der nördlichste Teil einer Kette von Riffen an der Küste Ostafrikas, zu der auch Sansibar und Pemba gehören. Administrativ gehören sie zur Region Jubbada Hoose.

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- [en] Bajuni Islands

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[it] Isole Giuba

Le isole Giuba o isole dei Bagiuni (in inglese Bajuni Islands, Bajun Islands o Baajun Islands, in somalo Jasiiradaha Jubbada Hoose o Jasiiradaha Bajuni) si trovano in Somalia, nella parte sud del paese nei pressi di Chisimaio. Questo arcipelago è costituito da isole di origine corallina lunghe e strette poste parallelamente alla costa. Si trovano davanti all'Oltregiuba e fanno parte della regione del Basso Giuba (in somalo infatti si chiamano Jasiiradaha Jubbada Hoose chi significa "isole del Basso Giuba"). Le isole sono raggiungibili da Chisimaio (Somalia) o da Lamu (Kenya).

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[ru] Баджуни (острова)

Острова Баджун (англ. Bajun Islands,[1] Baajun Islands) или Баджуни (англ. Bajuni Islands, итал. Isole dei Bagiuni) — цепь островков, протянувшихся вдоль берега Индийского океана в южной части Сомали, от Кисмайо на юг в сторону кенийской границы.

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