Geography | |
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Location | Sea of Zanj |
Coordinates | 8°22′0.12″S 39°34′0.12″E / 8.3667000°S 39.5667000°E |
Archipelago | The Songosongo Archipelago |
Length | 0.6 km (0.37 mi) |
Width | 0.3 km (0.19 mi) |
Administration | |
Region | Lindi Region |
District | Kilwa District |
Ward | Songosongo |
Demographics | |
Languages | Swahili |
Ethnic groups | Matumbi |
Nyuni Island (Kisiwa cha Nyuni, 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.[1] Geographically, the island is part of the Songosongo Islands archipelago which is composed of 22 reefs and 4 islands.[2] The other three islands are Songo Songo, Fanjove Island and Okuza Island.[3] Nyuni island has an elevation of 14m and is under the national natural gas exploration and extraction initiative.[4][5][6]