Pamanzi

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|name = Pamanzi

|image_name = Localisation CC de Petite-Terre à Mayotte.svg

|image_caption = Location of Pamanzi in Mayotte

|map_image = LocationMayotte.png

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|location = Indian Ocean and Mozambique Channel

|coordinates = {{coord|-12.783333|45.283333}}

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|area_km2 = 12.11

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|country = France

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: Petite Terre is also the name of a group of islands in Guadeloupe.

File:Lac dziani vue.jpg

Pamanzi, also known as Petite-Terre ({{IPA|fr|pətit tɛʁ}}; literally "Little Land" in French), is an island of Mayotte, an overseas department and region of France, and is Mayotte's second-largest island after Grande-Terre. The northern end of the island features the crater lake Dziani Dzaha, filled with sulfurous water.{{cite book|title=Sailing Directions for the South Indian Ocean, Madagascar and the Islands West of Longitude 90° East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=44sNAQAAIAAJ&|year=1945|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=208}} The communes of Dzaoudzi and Pamandzi are located on Pamanzi.

Occupied by the Allies at the direction of Jan Smuts during the Second World War for its strategic value,{{cite book|last1=Falola|first1=Toyin|last2=Parrott|first2=R. Joseph|last3=Sanchez|first3=Danielle|title=African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_adDwAAQBAJ&|year=2019|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|page=197}} Pamanzi was once the most important island with Mayotte's only airport and the capital Dzaoudzi. In 1977, however, Mamoudzou was chosen as the new capital.