Zanzibar Archipelago facts for kids

The Zanzibar Archipelago

Unguja and Pemba Islands

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.

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

An enlargeable, detailed map of Unguja

An enlargeable, detailed map of Pemba

• 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
• 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

• 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

In Spanish: Archipiélago de Zanzíbar para niños

• Mainland Tanzania