Unguja
Unguja is the largest and most populated island of the Zanzibar archipelago, in Tanzania. Unguja has about 897,000 residents.Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Localities in the Area
Koani
Village
Koani is a city located on the Tanzanian island of Unguja. 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 is situated 9 km west of Unguja.
Chwaka
Town
Chwaka is a town on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, part of Zanzibar. Chwaka is situated 10 km east of Unguja.
Unguja
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tanzania
- Categories: administrative territorial entity and landform
- Location: Dunga Kiembeni, Kati, Zanzibar Central/South, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-6.1556° or 6° 9' 20" southLongitude
39.3417° or 39° 20' 30" eastPopulation
897,000Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open Location Code
6G5XR8VR+QMGeoNames ID
148726Wikidata ID
Q7332301Unguja Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- 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: Unguja
- Czech: Zanzibar
- Czech: ostrov Zanzibar
- Danish: Unguja
- Dutch: Zanzibar
- English: Zanzibar
- English: Zanzibar Island
- Esperanto: Unguĵo
- Estonian: Sansibari saar
- 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
- Lithuanian: Ungudža
- Macedonian: Унгуџа
- Norwegian: Unguja
- Norwegian Bokmål: Unguja
- Persian: اونگوجا
- Polish: Zanzibar
- Portuguese: Unguja
- Russian: Занзибар (остров)
- Russian: Занзибар
- Russian: Унгуджа
- Shona: Unguja
- Slovak: Unguja
- Spanish: Unguja
- Swahili: Unguja
- Swedish: Zanzibar
- Tamil: உங்குஜா தீவு
- Ukrainian: Занзібар
- Ukrainian: Унгуджа
- Urdu: انگوجا
- Vietnamese: Unguja
- Western Frisian: Sansibar
- Western Mari: Занзибар ошмаоты
- Zulu: Unguja
- Historic: Menuthias
- Unguja Island
- Île de Zanzibar
Other Places Named Unguja
Localities in the Area
- ChanganiLocality
- NdijaniLocality
- ZanzibarRegion
- Dunga/TunguuLocality
- ZuzeLocality
Landmarks in the Area
- Dunga PalaceRuin
- Masingini RidgeRidge, 10 km west
- Bird IslandIsland, 11 km east
- Zanzibar ParkPark, 11 km west
- Ras CharawePoint, 12 km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Unguja. Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.