Mkokotoni

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mkokotoni is a city located on the Tanzanian island of Unguja (Zanzibar). The city serves as the capital of the Zanzibar North region. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the village of Kibaoni.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ahmed Ghailani

Islamist terrorist; member of al-Qaeda (born 1974)

Ali bin Hamud Al Busaidi

Sultan of Zanzibar (1884-1918)

Tippu Tip

Swahili slave and ivory trader (c. 1832/7–1905)

Khalid bin Barghash Al Busaidi

Sultan of Zanzibar (1874-1927)

Jaishankar Prasad

Indian poet, dramatist, and novelist of modern Hindi literature (1889–1937)

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Idris Abdul Wakil

Tanzanian President of Zanzibar (1925-2000)

Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Busaidi

Sultan of Zanzibar (1929–2024)

Abdul Sheriff

Tanzanian academic and museum director

Bharatendu Harishchandra

Indian Hindi writer, poet and dramatist (1850–1885); father of modern Hindi literature

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Bahati Ali Abeid

Member of Parliament of Tanzania

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Shams Bhanji

Ugandan film director

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Abdi Kassim

Tanzanian footballer

Adi Yussuf

Tanzanian association football player

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Aggrey Morris

Tanzanian footballer

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Ali Abeid Karume

Tanzanian diplomat (born 1950)

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Juma

child actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Double-banded Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa caffra

Seen 2026-09-25

Favites vasta

Favites vasta

Seen 2026-09-25

Decumbent Spanish Dancer

Hexabranchus lacer

Seen 2026-09-23

Round-winged Orange Tip

Colotis euippe

Seen 2026-09-16

Dancing Amber

Telchinia serena

Seen 2026-09-16

Plain Vagrant

Nepheronia buquetii

Seen 2026-09-15

Eurytela dryope

Eurytela dryope

Seen 2026-09-15

Snake Sea Cucumber

Synapta maculata

Seen 2026-09-15

Malagasy Grass Yellow

Eurema floricola

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).