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Zanzibar Archipelago

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Islands
  
Unguja, Changuu, Mafia Island, Chumbe Island, Tumbatu

Points of interest
  
Forodhani Gardens, Old Fort of Zanzibar, House of Wonders, Sultan's Palace - Zanzibar, Hamamni Persian Baths

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The Zanzibar Archipelago consists of several islands lying off the coast of East Africa in the Indian Ocean. 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.

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Map of Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania

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

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Main islands

  • Unguja Island, the largest, colloquially referred to as Zanzibar
  • Pemba Island, the second largest
  • Latham Island (also Fungu Kizimkazi), tiny and uninhabited
  • Mafia Island
  • References

    Zanzibar Archipelago Wikipedia