Kizimkazi

Kizimkazi (pronounced Kisimkasi ), officially Kizimkazi Mkunguni, is a fishing village on the southern coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania. Mkunguni translates as " idleness ". This place had 2002 1848 inhabitants according to the census.

The former importance of the place is reflected by the fact that he was surrounded by a city wall.

It is located three kilometers southeast of the Kizimkazi Mosque ( the Kizimkazi Dimbani, is also known under the name Dimbani ). Together these two places belong to the area Kizimkazi Mtendeni.

Besides fishing, tourism is a main source of income of the village, in the area there are several hotel complexes. Kizimkazi is known by the possibility of swimming with dolphins. These hold in greater numbers at the reef edge of the coral reef. Fishermen drive the tourists a kilometer or two to swim out to sea. Pull Twice a year, whales through the strait that separates the island from the mainland.

The school in 2010 Kizimkazi celebrates its 100th anniversary. German volunteers (among others by the German - Tanzanian society ) there support various projects (including education and solar projects).