  Fanjove Island Location on the Mafia Archipelago | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sea of Zanj |
| Coordinates | 8°34′0.12″S 39°34′0.12″E / 8.5667000°S 39.5667000°E |
| Archipelago | The Songosongo Archipelago |
| Area | 1 km2 (0.39 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.0 km (0.62 mi) |
| Width | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Region | Lindi Region |
| District | Kilwa District |
| Ward | Songosongo |
| Demographics | |
| Languages | Swahili |
| Ethnic groups | Matumbi |
Fanjove Island (Kisiwa cha Fanjove, in Swahili) is a coral island in the Songosongo Archipelago. The island is governed by the Songosongo ward in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's Indian ocean coast. The island is a geographically part of the Songosongo Islands archipelago which is composed of 22 reefs and 4 islands. The other three islands in the archipelago are Songo Songo, Nyuni Island and Okuza Island. [1] The is land is originally been uninhabited, thus it has been leased to a luxury hotelier by the Tanzanian government.[2] On January 12, 2000, 11 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin that had become live-stranded on Fanjove Island were reported as having been refloated and released.[3]
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