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Bawe Island

Coordinates: 06°09′06″S 39°08′06″E / 6.15167°S 39.13500°E / -6.15167; 39.13500
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Bawe Island
Bawe Island is located in Tanzania
Bawe Island
Bawe Island
Geography
LocationZanzibar Channel
Coordinates06°09′06″S 39°08′06″E / 6.15167°S 39.13500°E / -6.15167; 39.13500
ArchipelagoZanzibar Archipelago
Adjacent toIndian Ocean
Length1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Width0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Administration
RegionMjini Magharibi Region
DistrictMjini
WardMalindi
Demographics
LanguagesSwahili
Ethnic groupsHadimu

Bawe Island (Kisiwa cha Bawe, in Swahili) is an island in the Mjini Magharibi Region, Tanzania, off the coast of Mjini District. It is situated in the Zanzibar Channel.[1] It is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) offshore Stone Town, the capital of Zanzibar on the island of Unguja. The island is north of Chumbe Island. At the end of the 18th century, sultan Barghash ibn Sa'id of Zanzibar gave the island to the Eastern Telegraph Company, that used it as an operation station for the underwater telegraph cable connecting Zanzibar to Seychelles and Aden. This agreement was extended by sultan Khalifa ibn Sa'id in 1889, in favor of Cable & Wireless, that also built houses on the island to accommodate their personnel. Nowadays, Bawe is solely a tourist destination.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mallon, Rachael. "A study of corallivores of Bawe and Chumbe Islands, Zanzibar." (2010).
  2. ^ [1] Archived June 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine