Mwewe Island

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Mwewe Island officially, Mwewe Island Marine Reserve (Kisiwa cha Hifadhi Akiba cha Mwewe, in Swahili) is a protected, uninhabited island in the Pemba Channel under the Tanga Marine Reserves (TMRS) with the IUCN category II located within Mkinga District of Tanga Region in Tanzania. According to oral Digo history, the island was used by some Kirui Island residents, Mwewe Island was eventually purchased by Sultan Bin Athmani of Moa.

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