Mafia Island

Mafia Island or Chole Shamba is an island of The Mafia Archipelago located in Mafia District in the southern of across the Mafia Channel.
Photo: Nina R, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island off Tanzania
  • Also known as: Mafia District” and “Mafia District Council

Mafia Island

Latitude
-7.843° or 7° 50′ 35″ south
Longitude
39.7853° or 39° 47′ 7″ east
Population
40,800
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
6G4X5Q4P+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 608069501
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
155411
Wiki­data ID
Q713391
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Mafia Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة مافيا
  • Belarusian: Востраў Мафія
  • Belarusian: Мафія
  • Bulgarian: Мафия
  • Catalan: Mafia Island
  • Catalan: Mafia
  • Cebuano: Mafia Island
  • Chinese: 门肥赤
  • Chinese: 馬菲亞島
  • Chinese: 马菲亚岛
  • Croatian: Mafia
  • Czech: Mafia
  • Danish: Mafiaøen
  • Dutch: Mafia (eiland)
  • Dutch: Mafia Island
  • Dutch: Mafia
  • Esperanto: Mafia
  • Estonian: Mafia saar
  • Estonian: Mafia
  • Finnish: Mafia
  • French: Mafia
  • Georgian: მაფია
  • German: Mafia
  • Greek: Νήσος Μαφία
  • Greek: Νήσος Μάφια
  • Hebrew: מאפיה
  • Hungarian: Mafia-sziget
  • Indonesian: Pulau Mafia
  • Italian: Chole Samba
  • Italian: Isola di Mafia
  • Italian: Mafia
  • Japanese: マフィア島
  • Korean: 마피아섬
  • Kotava: Mafia
  • Latvian: Mafija (sala)
  • Latvian: Mafija
  • Lithuanian: Mafijos sala
  • Macedonian: Мафија
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mafia Island
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mafia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mafiaøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mafiaøya
  • Norwegian: Mafiaøya
  • Persian: جزیره مافیا
  • Polish: Mafia
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Mafia
  • Portuguese: Ilha Mafia
  • Portuguese: Mafia
  • Russian: Мафия (остров)
  • Russian: Мафия
  • Spanish: Isla de Mafia
  • Spanish: Mafia
  • Swahili: Kisiwa cha Mafia
  • Swahili: Mafia
  • Swedish: Mafia
  • Swedish: Mafiaön
  • Thai: เกาะมาฟีอา
  • Ukrainian: Мафія
  • Urdu: جزیرہ مافیا
  • Vietnamese: Mafia
  • Welsh: Ynys Mafia
  • Western Mari: Мафи ошмаоты
  • Western Panjabi: جزیرہ مافیا
  • Zulu: Mafia Island

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