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The following is the list of islands in the territory of Tanzania. [1] By geographic zone ... Irugwa Island; Kalazu Island; Leigoba Island; Buruza Island; Geita Region.
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Ukerewe Island is located in the Ukerewe District of Mwanza Region in the great lakes area of Tanzania, 45 km (28 mi) north of the city of Mwanza to which it is linked by ferry. [3] A ferry crossing of 3.8 km (2.4 mi) links the island to a dirt road on the eastern lake shore, which runs to Kibara and the city of Musoma in Mara Region .
It is located on Ukerewe Island, Ukara Island and other neighbouring islands within Lake Victoria. The largest settlement and the district's administrative capital is Nansio . In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 388,778 people in the district, from 345,147 in 2012.
Map showing the approximate area corresponding to the official extent of the West Philippine Sea. Also included is the international treaty limits (red line as per the 1898 Treaty of Paris) and the Spratly Islands which is often designated as the Kalayaan Island Group in Philippine maps (green line as per Presidential Decree No. 1596 of 1978 [1]) .
Mwanza Region (Mkoa wa Mwanza in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions, covering a total land area of 25,233 km 2 (9,743 sq mi). [4] The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of North Macedonia. [5]
Tubbataha Reef is situated on Cagayan Ridge, an extinct underwater volcano and an island arc during the Miocene. Being a true atoll structure, it is believed that the atolls of Tubbataha were formed as fringing reefs and volcanic islands. This follows the classical Charles Darwin's theory that atolls are formed around an existing volcanic ...
Maligun Island, also known as Maliguin Island, is an inhabited island of about 150 metres (490 ft) in elevation. It is the northernmost inhabited island of the group and of the Cuyo Archipelago and located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeastward of Alcisiras and 0.34 nautical miles (0.63 km; 0.39 mi) north of Quiniluban. [ 4 ]