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The Zanzibar Archipelago (Arabic: أرخبيل زنجبار, Swahili: Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar) consists of several islands lying off the coast of East Africa 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.[1]

Most of the archipelago belongs to the Zanzibar semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, while Mafia Island and its associated islets are parts of the Pwani Region on the mainland.

List of islands

Main islands

• Unguja Island – the largest island, colloquially referred to as Zanzibar, has 896,721 inhabitants
• Pemba Island – the second-largest island with 406,808 inhabitants
• Latham Island (also called "Fungu Kizimkazi") – tiny and uninhabited[2]
• Mafia Island – 46,850 inhabitants

Surrounding Unguja Island

• Bawe Island
• Changuu Island
• Chapwani Island
• Chumbe Island
• Daloni Island
• Kwale Island
• Miwi Island
• Mnemba Island – settled
• Murogo Sand Banks
• Nyange Island
• Pange Island
• Popo Island
• Pungume Island
• Sume Island
• Tele Island
• Tumbatu Island – settled
• Ukombe Island
• Uzi Island – settled
• Vundwe Island

Surrounding Pemba Island[3]

• 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

See also

• Mainland Tanzania

References

Further reading

• Finke, J. (2006) The Rough Guide to Zanzibar (2nd edition). New York: Rough Guides.

External links

• Zanzibar.net

На других языках

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[de] Sansibar-Archipel

Der Sansibar-Archipel (veraltet Gewürzinseln, englisch Spice Islands, auch Zanzibar-Archipel) ist eine zu Tansania gehörende Inselgruppe 30 km vor der Ostküste Afrikas. Die drei größten Inseln dieser Gruppe sind Unguja (ebenfalls Sansibar genannt), Pemba und Mafia.

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- [en] Zanzibar Archipelago

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[es] Archipiélago de Zanzíbar

El archipiélago de Zanzíbar es un archipiélago del océano Índico ubicado frente a la costa de Tanzania, formado por tres islas principales —Unguja, Pemba y Mafia— y por muchas otras islas pequeñas.

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[fr] Zanzibar (archipel)

Zanzibar, en swahili Funguvisiwa ya Zanzibar, est un archipel de l'océan Indien situé en face des côtes tanzaniennes, formé de trois îles principales (Unguja, Pemba et Mafia) et de plusieurs autres petites îles.

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[it] Arcipelago di Zanzibar

L'arcipelago di Zanzibar è un arcipelago della Tanzania situato nell'Oceano Indiano, a est della costa dell'Africa orientale. Corrisponde all'ex nazione indipendente di Zanzibar, oggi parte semi-autonoma della Tanzania. Comprende due isole principali, Unguja (detta anche "Zanzibar" o "Isola di Zanzibar", Zanzibar Island)[1] e Pemba, a cui si aggiungono una quarantina di isole minori, molte delle quali disabitate; la più grande di queste isole, Tumbatu, è circa 100 volte più piccola di Pemba.[2] La popolazione complessiva è di 1.503.569 abitanti (secondo il censimento del 2012[3]), delle quali 896.721 vivono a Unguja e 406.848 a Pemba (con una densità di circa 530 persone/km²).

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[ru] Занзибар

Занзиба́р (суахили Funguvisiwa ya Zanzibar, англ. Zanzibar Archipelago) — архипелаг из 75 островов в Индийском океане, растянувшийся вдоль восточного берега Африки напротив современной Танзании. Часть архипелага входит в автономию Занзибар.

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