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Pemba Towns.

CHAKE CHAKE
This is the largest town on Pemba situated about half-way down the the western side of the island. Chake Chake is also the administrative capital of the island and the centre through the which all the buses and dala-dala's travel. Although it was occupied for many centuries, little architectural evidence remains other than the ruins of an 18th century fort and some 12th century ruins near Ras Mkumbuu. The town is set on a ridge overlooking Chake Chake Bay and there is a small dhow port and fish market along the waters edge.

MKOANI
Situated on the southwestern edge of the island, Mkoani is the smallest of Pemba's main 3 towns. However, as all passenger boat traffic from Unguja (Zanzibar Island) and the mainland arrive here, the port is also the busiest and most important on the island.

WETE TOWN
Wete is the second largest town on Pemba, situated on the northwestern part of the island. Wete is a pleasant town, quieter than Chake Chake, and is a good base for exploring the northern part of the island. It has the island's second most important port through which most of the clove production is exported

CHWAKA: There are two sites of historical interest here. One is the 18th century remains of the Mazrui governor's headquarters. The ruins include a mosque, six family tombs and other graves. The other site is that of Harumi, where the Nabahani rulers had their headquarters in the 15th century.

RAS MKUMBUU: New archaeological research shows that there were human settlements dating back to 6th century at Ras Mkumbuu in Pemba. Some 12th century ruins in this area shows that there were human settlements before the arrival of Omani Arabs and the Shiraz in Zanzibar. It is the site of the ruins of a large mosque with an arched mihrab, fourteen elaborate and decorated pillar tombs, several wells and foundations of houses estimated to date from around the 14th or 15th century.

MKIA WA NG'OMBE: At this village stands the ruins of a big mosque, its size providing evidence of a large Muslim population that once lived here. Tomb pillars and wells similar to those at Ras Mkumbuu remain extant.

PUJINI: These are the 13th century ruins of a fortified town in Pemba. They are located ten kilometers southeast of Chake Chake. Pujini was the official seat of the infamous Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman who ruled Pemba around the 15th century prior to the arrival of the Portuguese on the East Coast. Locally, Rahman was known as Mkame Ndume or "milker of men" because of his cruelty and the harsh punishment meted out to his people. His citadel was a massive stone-built structure surrounded by a trench and a huge earthen rampart. Access for his ships to the sea was by way of a deep man-made canal cut out of a creek running through the mangrove swamps.

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