This article is about the island. Pemba is also a city in Mozambique.
Map of Pemba Island
Map Of Spice Islands (Zanzibar, Pemba, Mafia)
Pemba is an island about 50 km. to the north of the island Zanzibar. Both islands are part of Tanzania and lie off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. It lies 50 km. east of the mainland Tanzania. Together with Mafia Island (south of Zanzibar), they form the Spice Islands.
Most part of the island, which is regarded to be hillier and more fertile than Zanzibar, is dominated by small scale farming. There is large scale farming of cash crops such as cloves. It is dominated by over 3 million clove trees and the sweet smell will follow you everywhere.
It is seldom visited, although it is a center for traditional medicine and witchcraft. People come from as far away as Zaire to seek spriritual and physical healers.
The most important towns in Pemba are Chake Chake and Wete.
Mkoani - is the main sea port of Pemba and the administrative centre of the district.
The sea port at Wete was once a very important gateway to the island of Pemba but poor maintenance of the jetty and the upgrading of Mkoani warf has dropped down the use of her sea port.
Panza - is the southern most island in Pemba and in fact is a series of islets but a bridge connects the two main parts of Mtondooni and Panza proper.
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