PEMBA
Population

Popular destinations TANZANIA

Pemba

Zanzibar

Population

Originally, Bantu tribes lived on Pemba, after which many Persians and later Portuguese settled there. The current inhabitants of Pemba belong to the Wapemba population.

A total of about 1.3 million people live on the Zanzibar archipelago, about 543,000 live on Pemba. The islands are relatively densely populated.

Approximately 22,000 people live in the capital Chake Chake.

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Sources

Else, D. / Zanzibar
Bradt

Finke, J. / Tanzania
Rough Guides

Fitzpatrick, M. / Tanzania
Lonely Planet

Heale, J. / Tanzania
Marshall Cavendish

Skinner, A. / Tanzania & Zanzibar
Cadogan

CIA - World Factbook

BBC - Country Profiles

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