Pemba South
Mkoani District
Mbuyuni

Mkoani

Mkoani is a town located on the island of . It is the capital of Pemba South region, as well as Mkoani District. Currently, Mkoani has the busiest harbour on Pemba island, most ferries from Zanzibar or the mainland arrive at Mkoani.
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  • Type: Town with 23,700 residents
  • Description: capital of Pemba South region, Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Kobani”

Mkoani

Latitude
-5.35999° or 5° 21′ 36″ south
Longitude
39.64845° or 39° 38′ 54″ east
Population
23,700
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
6G6XJJRX+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 622514838
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
153600
Wiki­data ID
Q1681898
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zulu—“Mkoani” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Mkoani”
  • Bulgarian: “Мкоани”
  • Croatian: “Mkoani”
  • Dutch: “Mkoani”
  • Esperanto: “Mkoani”
  • French: “Mkoani”
  • German: “Mkoani”
  • Greek: “Μκοάνι”
  • Italian: “Mkoani”
  • Japanese: “ムコアニ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mkoani”
  • Persian: “امکوانی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان امکوانی”
  • Romanian: “Mkoani”
  • Russian: “Мкоани”
  • Slovenian: “Mkoani”
  • Spanish: “Mkoani”
  • Swahili: “Mkoani”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Mkoani”
  • Ukrainian: “Мкоані”
  • Yoruba: “Mkoani”
  • Zulu: “Mkoani”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mkoani”. Photo: Pemba.mpimaji, CC BY-SA 3.0.