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Mafia Island

island off Tanzania
Landform island Q713391
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Summary

Mafia Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,318 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pwani Region[3]
  • Country: Tanzania[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Indian Ocean[5]
  • Part of: Zanzibar Archipelago[6]
  • Commons category: Mafia Island[7]
  • Sport: water sport[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mafia Island[9]
  • Population: 40,801[10]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12]
  • Length: 49 km[13]
  • Area: 435 km²[14]
  • Width: 17 km[15]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Mafia Island include Lygosoma mafianum[16], a taxon[17].

Why It Matters

Mafia Island has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for it include Lygosoma mafianum[16], a taxon[17].

Related Entities

Tanzania

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 46
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'avk', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mafia-islands
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mafia-islands, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289944430|mafia islands (#289944430)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  3. 16w ago · ~2026-36985-58 · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Indian Ocean
    Located in time zone → —
    Length → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+49'}
    Aliases → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: Mafia_-_øy_i_Tanzania"
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