Hadra (Pemba)
El Banas (around Tanga)
Zanzibar (old Shangani in Stonetown)
Ras Minchar (Nungwi Mnarani and
Fukuchani site)
Ras al Haman (Northern Cape of
Tumbatu)
Machiia ((1)Muhembo or Kiungani
(2)Saadani or Utondwe)
Maga (Mangapwani)
Mucavva (Chumbe Island)
Ras Vasfiia (Ras Mkita on Fumba
peninsula )
Samakamand (Promontory in the South of
Zanzibar Samakamand (Kizimkazi Mkunguni or Mtendeni)
Tohnet (Kaole)
Sind (The 5 Sinda Islands)
Kafur Island (Kafir Island (or
Fungu Kizimkazi or Latham Island)
Kuvala (Kwale Island close to Kisiyu)
Charka/Ikuhadjunda (Koma
island)
Vamlul, Famia, Reefs, Masiya, Mandji, Kilva (all North of Mafia)
Vakula, Kilva-Buni, Chundju-Chundju,
Hanach, Hanchan, Reef, Mountains of the North (all South of Mafia)
Kilwa (Kilwa Kisiwani)
Vamizi (Songo Mnara)
Note: all places are mentioned by Ibn Majid (1470) except Unguja Mkuu.
The first author to mention Unguja was Al Jahiz (869) as Lunjuya and Langawiya . Second: Kitab Ghara'ib al-funun (1050): The island of Unjuwa. There are twenty anchorages around it. It has a town called Ukuh. (Unguja Mkuu). Third: Yakut (1220): Leikhouna, (or Bandjouya or Lendjouya (Unguja), Landschuja) is a big island and the seat of the elected kings in the land.