Zanzibar

Zanzibar is a Tanzanian semi-autonomous region off the coast of . It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: and .
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Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
  • Type: Region with 1,500,000 residents
  • Description: semi-autonomous part of Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Unguja”, “Zangibar”, “Zanzibar Islands”, “Народная Республика Занзибар”, “Ҷумҳурии Мардумии Занзибар”, “Ҷумҳурии Халқии Занзибар”, “زنزبار”, “زنزيبار”, “जंजीबार”, and “சன்னஜிப்பர்”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koani and Mwera.

Village
is a city located on the island of . is situated 6 km northwest of Zanzibar.

Town
is a in Zanzibar east of Zanzibar City on the road to the western coast of the island. is situated 9 km west of Zanzibar.

Zanzibar

Latitude
-6.16667° or 6° 10′ south
Longitude
39.33333° or 39° 20′ east
Population
1,500,000
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
6G5XR8MM+88
Geo­Names ID
148729
Wiki­data ID
Q1774
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Zanzibar” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Zanzibar”
  • Albanian: “Zanzibari”
  • Amharic: “ዛንዚባር”
  • Angika: “जांजीबार”
  • Arabic: “زنجبار”
  • Armenian: “Զանզիբար”
  • Asturian: “Zanzíbar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zənzibar”
  • Balinese: “Zanzibar”
  • Bashkir: “Занзибар”
  • Basque: “Zanzibar”
  • Belarusian: “Занзібар”
  • Belarusian: “Занзыбар”
  • Bengali: “জাঞ্জিবার”
  • Bosnian: “Zanzibar”
  • Breton: “Zanzibar”
  • Bulgarian: “Занзибар”
  • Burmese: “ဇန်ဇိဗာကျွန်း”
  • Catalan: “Zanzíbar”
  • Central Kurdish: “زەنگبار”
  • Chinese: “桑給巴爾”
  • Chinese: “桑给巴尔”
  • Croatian: “Zanzibar”
  • Czech: “Zanzibar”
  • Danish: “Zanzibar”
  • Dutch: “Zanzibar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زنجبار”
  • Esperanto: “Insularo de Zanzibaro”
  • Esperanto: “Zanzibaro”
  • Estonian: “Sansibar”
  • Faroese: “Sansibar”
  • Finnish: “Sansibar”
  • French: “Zanzibar”
  • Fulah: “𞤔𞤢𞤲𞤶𞤭𞤦𞤢𞥄𞤪”
  • Gagauz: “Zanzibar”
  • Galician: “Zanzíbar”
  • Georgian: “ზანზიბარი”
  • German: “Sansibar”
  • Greek: “Ζανζιβάρη”
  • Gujarati: “ઝાંઝીબાર”
  • Hausa: “Zanzibar”
  • Hebrew: “זנזיבר”
  • Hindi: “ज़ांज़ीबार”
  • Hungarian: “Zanzibár”
  • Icelandic: “Sansibar”
  • Ido: “Zanzibar”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Zanzibar”
  • Indonesian: “Zanzibar”
  • Interlingue: “Zanzibar”
  • Italian: “Zanzibar”
  • Japanese: “ザンジバル”
  • Javanese: “Zanzibar”
  • Kalaallisut: “Zanzibar”
  • Kannada: “ಜಾಂಜಿಬಾರ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Zanzibar”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Zengibar”
  • Kazakh: “Занзибар”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Zanzibar”
  • Kirghiz: “Занзибар”
  • Korean: “잔지바르”
  • Kurdish: “Zanzîbar”
  • Latin: “Zanzibar”
  • Latvian: “Zanzibāra”
  • Lithuanian: “Zanzibaras”
  • Macedonian: “Занзибар”
  • Malay: “Zanzibar”
  • Maori: “Zanzibar”
  • Marathi: “झांझिबार”
  • Mazanderani: “زنگبار”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zanzibar”
  • Nepali: “जान्जिबार”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Zanzibar”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sansibar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zanzibar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zanzibar”
  • Norwegian: “Zanzibar”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Zanzibar (Tanzania)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Menuþias”
  • Ossetian: “Занзибар”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੰਜੀਬਾਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਾਂਜੀਬਾਰ”
  • Papiamento: “Zanzibar”
  • Persian: “زنگبار”
  • Polish: “Zanzibar”
  • Portuguese: “Zanzibar”
  • Pushto: “زنجبار”
  • Romanian: “Zanzibar”
  • Russian: “Занзибар”
  • Scots: “Zanzibar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Zanzibar”
  • Serbian: “Zanzibar”
  • Serbian: “Занзибар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zanzibar”
  • Shona: “Zanzibhari”
  • Sindhi: “زنجبار”
  • Sinhala: “සන්සිබාර්”
  • Slovak: “Zanzibar”
  • Slovenian: “Zanzibar”
  • Somali: “Sinjibaar”
  • Spanish: “Zanzíbar”
  • Swahili: “Jamhuri ya Watu wa Zanzibar”
  • Swahili: “Zanzibar”
  • Swedish: “Zanzibar”
  • Tagalog: “Zanzibar”
  • Tajik: “Занзибар”
  • Talysh: “Zənzibar”
  • Tamil: “சன்சிபார்”
  • Tamil: “சான்சிபார்”
  • Tatar: “Занзибар”
  • Telugu: “జాంజీబార్”
  • Thai: “แซนซิบาร์”
  • Turkish: “Zanzibar”
  • Turkish: “Zengibar”
  • Tyap: “Za̱nziba”
  • Ukrainian: “Занзібар”
  • Urdu: “زنجبار”
  • Uzbek: “Zanjibar”
  • Venetian: “Zanzibar”
  • Vietnamese: “Zanzibar”
  • Võro: “Sansibar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zanzibar”
  • Welsh: “Sansibar”
  • Western Frisian: “Sansibar”
  • Western Panjabi: “زنجبار”
  • Wu Chinese: “桑给巴尔”
  • Yoruba: “Zanzibar”
  • Yue Chinese: “桑給巴爾”
  • Zulu: “Zanzibar”

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