title: Menai Bay
text: # Menai Bay
  
  Menai Bay is located on the southwestern coast of Unguja island (Zanzibar Island), in the Zanzibar Archipelago in Tanzania.
  
  ## Geography
  
  It is an 8 km wide bay on the Zanzibar Strait of the Western Indian Ocean.
  
  The long coastline of Menai Bay has nineteen villages, with a total population of around 17,000. The villages are within the Unguja South Region of Zanzibar.
  
  The Menai Bay Conservation Area is a marine reserve protecting the habitats and biota of the bay area.
  
  