Anjouan

Anjouan is an autonomous volcanic island in the in the southwestern Indian Ocean, part of the . It is known in Shikomori as Ndzuani, Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and, until the early twentieth century when the name fell out of general use, in English as Johanna.
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  • Type: autonomous island of the Comoros with 270,000 residents
  • Description: island and administrative unit in the Comoros
  • Also known as: Anjwān”, “Hanzwān”, and “Ndzuwani ou Anjouan

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dzialandzé.

Lake
Photo: Peioma, Public domain.
is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lingoni and Magnassini-Nindri.

Village
is a village on the island of Anjouan in the . According to the 1991 census the village had a population of 2,228.

Village
is a village on the island of Anjouan in the . According to the 1991 census the village had a population of 1,376.

Village
is a village on the island of Anjouan in the . According to the 1991 Comoros census it had a population of 4,441. The estimated population for 2009 is 7,816.

Anjouan

Latitude
-12.25° or 12° 15′ south
Longitude
44.4167° or 44° 25′ east
Population
270,000
Elevation
448 metres (1,470 feet)
Open location code
5HV6QC28+2M
Geo­Names ID
922001
Wiki­data ID
Q231324
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Anjouan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أنجوان
  • Arabic: أنزواني
  • Arabic: انجوان
  • Arabic: حنزوان
  • Arabic: هنزوان
  • Asturian: Anjouan
  • Azerbaijani: Anjuan
  • Basque: Anjouan
  • Belarusian: Анжуан
  • Belarusian: Востраў Анжуан
  • Belarusian: Ндзуані
  • Bengali: আঞ্জুয়ান
  • Bengali: আনজোয়ান
  • Breton: Anjouan
  • Breton: Ndzuwani
  • Breton: Nzwani
  • Catalan: Anjouan
  • Catalan: Anjuan
  • Cebuano: Anjouan
  • Chinese: 安榮
  • Chinese: 安榮島
  • Chinese: 恩佐瓦尼(昂儒昂)
  • Chinese: 昂儒昂
  • Chinese: 昂儒昂岛
  • Chinese: 昂儒昂島
  • Croatian: Anjouan
  • Czech: Anjouan
  • Czech: Nzwani
  • Danish: Anjouan
  • Dutch: Anjouan
  • Dutch: Narvani
  • Egyptian Arabic: انجوان
  • Esperanto: Anjouan
  • Esperanto: Anjuano
  • Estonian: Anjouan
  • Estonian: Ndzwani
  • Estonian: Nzwani
  • Finnish: Anjouan
  • Finnish: Ndzuwani
  • French: Anjouan
  • French: Île Autonome d’Anjouan
  • French: Nzwani
  • Galician: Anjouan
  • Georgian: ნძუანი
  • German: Anjouan
  • German: Ndzouani
  • German: Nzwani
  • Greek: Ανζουάν
  • Gujarati: એન્જોઅન
  • Hebrew: אנג’ואן
  • Hindi: अंजुअन
  • Hungarian: Anjouan
  • Indonesian: Anjouan
  • Indonesian: Anzuan
  • Indonesian: Ndzuwani
  • Indonesian: Nzwani
  • Italian: Anjouan
  • Japanese: アンジュアン
  • Japanese: アンジュアン島
  • Japanese: ヌズワニ島
  • Japanese: ンズワニ島
  • Kannada: ಅಂಜೌನ್
  • Korean: 앙주앙섬
  • Korean: 은주와니 섬
  • Latvian: Anžuana
  • Latvian: Nzvani
  • Lithuanian: Anjouan
  • Lithuanian: Anžuanas
  • Lithuanian: Anžuano sala
  • Lithuanian: Ndzuwani
  • Lithuanian: Nzwani sultonatas
  • Lithuanian: Nzwani
  • Malagasy: Njoany
  • Malagasy: Nzwani
  • Malay: Anjouan
  • Maore Comorian: Ndzuwani
  • Marathi: अंजुआन
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Anjouan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ndzuwani
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nzwani
  • Norwegian: Anjouan
  • Occitan (post 1500): Anjouan
  • Occitan (post 1500): Nzoani
  • Persian: آنژوان
  • Polish: Anjouan
  • Polish: Nzwani
  • Portuguese: Anjouan
  • Portuguese: Anjuã
  • Portuguese: Nzwani
  • Romanian: Anjouan
  • Russian: Анджуан
  • Russian: Анжуан
  • Russian: Ндзуани
  • Scots: Anjouan
  • Serbian: Анжуан
  • Sinhala: අන්ජෝවාන්
  • Slovenian: Anjouan
  • Spanish: Anjouan
  • Spanish: Ndzuwani
  • Spanish: Nzwani
  • Swahili: Anjouan
  • Swahili: Anzwani
  • Swahili: Nzwani
  • Swedish: Anjouan
  • Swedish: Ndzuwani
  • Tamil: அஞ்சொவன்
  • Telugu: అంజోవన్
  • Thai: เกาะอ็องฌูอ็อง
  • Turkish: Anjouan
  • Ukrainian: Анжуан
  • Urdu: انجوان
  • Vietnamese: Anjouan
  • Western Panjabi: انجوآن
  • Wu Chinese: 昂儒昂岛

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