Pemba

Pem·ba

P0158900 (pĕm′bə) An island of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean north of Zanzibar. In the 1500s and 1600s the Portuguese occupied the island, which was under British control from 1890 until Tanzania was formed in 1964.

Pemba

(ˈpɛmbə) n (Placename) an island in the Indian Ocean, off the E coast of Africa north of Zanzibar: part of Tanzania; produces most of the world's cloves. Chief town: Chake Chake. Pop: 362 166 (2002). Area: 984 sq km (380 sq miles)

Pem•ba

(ˈpɛm bə)

n. an island of Tanzania near the E coast of Africa. 207,919; 380 sq. mi. (984 sq. km).

Pemba

(pām`bə), island (2012 pop. 223,033), c.380 sq mi (980 sq km), NE Tanzania, in the Indian Ocean just off the E African mainland. Pemba is part of the semiautonomous archipelago of Zanzibar within Tanzania, and is divided into two regions. Wete, Chake Chake, and Mkoani are the island's main towns. The lush island is the world's leading producer of cloves. Coconuts are also exported, and fishing is an important industry. Many of the inhabitants of Pemba are partly descended from traders from the Persian Gulf region who settled on the island beginning in the 10th cent. The Portuguese occupied the island in the 16th cent. but were displaced by Omani Arabs in 1698. In 1822 the island was conquered by Sayyid Said (later the sultan of Zanzibar) from the rulers of Mombasa. As part of the sultanate of Zanzibar, Pemba passed under British rule in 1890. The sultanate became independent in 1963. After the sultan was overthrown, a republic was formed, which joined with Tanganyika in 1964 to form Tanzania.

Pemba

a coral island in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa; separated from the mainland by Pemba Channel. Area, 984 sq km; population, 164,200 (1967). Pemba is part of Tanzania. The island has elevations to 99 m. The climate is equatorial and monsoonal, with an annual precipitation reaching 1,000 mm. Clove trees and coconut palms are cultivated. Pemba’s principal city is Chake Chake.

Pemba

an island in the Indian Ocean, off the E coast of Africa north of Zanzibar: part of Tanzania; produces most of the world's cloves. Chief town: Chake Chake. Pop.: 362 166 (2002). Area: 984 sq. km (380 sq. miles)

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