Kirui Island
Kirui Island officially, Kirui Island Marine Reserve is a protected, uninhabited island in the Pemba Channel under the Tanga Marine Reserves with the IUCN category II located within Mkinga District of Tanga Region in Tanzania.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mguya and Kikwezani.
Mguya
Locality
Mguya is a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province. For the Mpondomise, the Mguya is also a ritual that celebrates authority and fertility, and that reaffirms the heroic status of chiefs as the descendants of men who slew leopards and who brought nourishing rains. Mguya is situated 7 km north of Kirui Island.
Kikwezani
Locality
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. Kikwezani is situated 7 km north of Kirui Island.
Kaufumbani
Village
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. Kaufumbani is situated 9 km north of Kirui Island.
Kirui Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tanzania
- Category: landform
- Location: Tanga, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
“Kirui Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kirui Island”
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