The Mafia Archipelago or The Mafia Islands (Funguvisiwa vya Mafia, in Swahili) is an group of islands across the Mafia Channel in the Mafia District of Pwani Region's coast on the Sea of Zanj in Tanzania's Indian Ocean coast. The archipelago is composed of 9 islands and around 12 coral reefs. In total, the Mafia archipelago covers 972 km2 (375 sq mi) in total, of which 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi) 407 km2 are land and 565 km2 are water.[1] and has an average elevation of 53 m (174 ft).[2] Of the 12 reefs in the archipelago the most famous one is the Tutia Reef.[3] The largest island in the archipelago is Mafia Island also known as Chole Shamba locally. The other eight islands inside Mafia District in addition to Mafia Island are; Juani Island, Chole Island, Jibondo Island (Kibondo), Bwejuu Island, Shungumbili Island (Thanda), Barakuni Island, Miewi Island, and Niororo Island (Nyororo).[4]
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The MafiaArchipelago or The Mafia Islands (Funguvisiwa vya Mafia, in Swahili) is an group of islands across the Mafia Channel in the Mafia District of...
Mafia Island or Chole Shamba (Kisiwa cha Mafia, in Swahili) is an island of The MafiaArchipelago located in Mafia District in the southern Pwani Region...
islet. Most of the archipelago belongs to the Zanzibar semi-autonomous zones of Tanzania, while the neighboring MafiaArchipelago and its associated islets...
dictionary. Chole can refer to: Chole Island, an island of the Tanzanian MafiaArchipelago Chole (woreda), one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia region of Ethiopia...
located in Jibondo ward of Mafia District in Pwani Region of Tanzania. The site is located on Juani Island of the MafiaArchipelago. As of 2016, the site is...
Archipelago (India) Lamu Archipelago (Kenya) Madagascar Tanzania Bongoyo Island Mbudya Island Pangavini Island MafiaArchipelago (Tanzania) Mafia Island Juani Island...
Region in Tanzania. It administers not only the main Mafia Island but the entire MafiaArchipelago. The District covers an area of 642.6 km2 (248.1 sq mi)...
(Kisiwa cha Bwejuu, in Swahili) is an island of the MafiaArchipelago located in Kilindoni ward of Mafia District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania. After...
category VI around the MafiaArchipelago in the Indian Ocean's sea of Zanj. It is administratively located in the jurisdiction Mafia District of Pwani Region...
of the MafiaArchipelago located in Kirongwe ward of Mafia District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania. The island is not part of the Mafia Island Marine...
cha Chole Mjini, in Swahili) is an island of the MafiaArchipelago located in Jibondo ward of Mafia District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania. A fossil...
(Kisiwa cha Jibondo, in Swahili) is an island of the MafiaArchipelago located in Jibondo ward of Mafia District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania. After...
(Kisiwa cha Juani, in Swahili) is an island of the MafiaArchipelago located in Jibondo ward of Mafia District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania. The...
of the MafiaArchipelago located in Kirongwe ward of Mafia District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania. The island is not a part of the Mafia Island...
Latham Island Pwani Region Bagamoyo District Mapopo Island Mafia District MafiaArchipelagoMafia Island Jibondo Island Juani Island Chole Island Bwejuu Island...
Pemba Juu Island Pemba Juu Island Location on the MafiaArchipelago Geography Location Mafia Channel Coordinates 7°30′54″S 39°24′29″E / 7.51500°S 39...
(Kisiwa cha Niororo, in Swahili) is an island of the MafiaArchipelago located in Kirongwe ward of Mafia District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania. The...
(Kisiwa cha Miewi, in Swahili) is an island of the MafiaArchipelago located in Baleni ward of Mafia District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania. The...
Kisimani Mafia (Magofu ya kale ya Kisimani Mafia in Swahili ) is a national historic site located in Miburani ward in the MafiaArchipelago of Pwani Region's...
inside the Mafia Island Marine Park (MIMP) with the IUCN category II designation. The reef is located on Tanzania's MafiaArchipelago of Mafia District...
(Kisiwa cha Fanjove, in Swahili) is a coral island in the Songosongo Archipelago. The island is governed by the Songosongo ward in Kilwa District of Lindi...
Tanzanian islands of Shungu Mbili of the MafiaArchipelago, and Fanjove Island of the Songosongo Archipelago. It is believed to have appeared on a Portuguese...
Retrieved 17 April 2024. Dieter Kock1 & William T. Stanley (2009), "Mammals of Mafia Island, Tanzania", Mammalia, 73 (4): 339–352, doi:10.1515/MAMM.2009.046{{citation}}:...
the mouths of the Wami, Ruvu, Matandu and Ruvuma rivers, and on the MafiaArchipelago. Kenya has 52,980 ha of mangroves, over two-thirds of which are concentrated...
assumed a leading role within the Russian criminal hierarchy (see Russian mafia). The group was able to "infiltrate the top political and economic strata...
along this coast include the Zanzibar (including the Mafia islands), Lamu, and Kilwa Archipelagos. Although East African societies developed nautical capabilities...
in Tanzania between the 14th-18th c. AD: recent research from the MafiaArchipelago." Prehistoric marine resource use in the Indo-Pacific regions (2013):...
(Prince Edward Islands) Mukawwar Managed Nature Reserve Suakin Archipelago National Park Mafia Island Nabuyongo Island Pemba Island Ukerewe Island Zanzibar...
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