Unguja
Unguja is the largest and most populated island of the Zanzibar archipelago, in Tanzania. Unguja has about 897,000 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Unguja Island”, “Zanzibar”, and “Zanzibar Island”
- Historically known as: “Menuthias”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koani and Mwera.
Koani
Village
Koani is a city located on the Tanzanian island of Unguja. The city serves as capital of the Zanzibar Central/South region. Koani is situated 6 km west of Unguja.
Mwera
Town
Mwera is a village in Zanzibar east of Zanzibar City on the road to the western coast of the island. Mwera was the location of many Arab-owned clove and coconut plantations throughout the 19th century. Mwera is situated 9 km west of Unguja.
Chwaka
Town
Chwaka is a town on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, part of Zanzibar. It lies on the island's east coast, directly east of the capital, Zanzibar City, along the coast of Chwaka Bay, near the boundary of Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park. Chwaka is situated 10 km east of Unguja.
Unguja
- Category: landform
- Location: Dunga Kiembeni, Kati, Zanzibar Central/South, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Unguja from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Unguja” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oengoeja”
- Arabic: “جزيرة أنغوجا”
- Armenian: “Զանզիբար (կղզի)”
- Armenian: “Զանզիբար”
- Basque: “Unguja”
- Bulgarian: “Занзибар”
- Catalan: “Unguja”
- Cebuano: “Zanzibar Island”
- Chinese: “安古迦岛”
- Chinese: “温古贾岛”
- Croatian: “Unguja”
- Czech: “ostrov Zanzibar”
- Czech: “Unguja”
- Czech: “Zanzibar”
- Danish: “Unguja”
- Dutch: “Unguja”
- Dutch: “Zanzibar”
- Esperanto: “Unguĵo”
- Estonian: “Sansibari saar”
- French: “Île de Zanzibar”
- French: “Unguja”
- French: “Zanzibar”
- Galician: “Illa de Zanzíbar”
- Georgian: “ზანზიბარი”
- German: “Sansibar”
- German: “Unguja”
- Greek: “Ουνγκούτζα”
- Hebrew: “אונגוג’ה”
- Indonesian: “Unguja”
- Italian: “Unguja”
- Japanese: “ウングジャ島”
- Korean: “웅구자섬”
- Latvian: “Ungudža”
- Lithuanian: “Ungudža”
- Macedonian: “Унгуџа”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Unguja”
- Norwegian: “Unguja”
- Persian: “اونگوجا”
- Polish: “Zanzibar”
- Portuguese: “Unguja”
- Russian: “Занзибар (остров)”
- Russian: “Занзибар”
- Russian: “Унгуджа”
- Shona: “Unguja”
- Slovak: “Unguja”
- Spanish: “Unguja”
- Swahili: “Unguja”
- Swedish: “Unguja”
- Swedish: “Zanzibar”
- Tamil: “உங்குஜா தீவு”
- Ukrainian: “Занзібар”
- Ukrainian: “Унгуджа”
- Urdu: “انگوجا”
- Vietnamese: “Unguja”
- Western Frisian: “Sansibar”
- Western Mari: “Занзибар ошмаоты”
- Western Panjabi: “انگوجا”
- Zulu: “Unguja”
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