Zanzibar

Zanzibar City or Mjini District, Pronunciation often simply referred to as Zanzibar, is one of two administrative districts of in .
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  • Type: City with 710,000 residents
  • Description: city in Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Unguja”, “Zanzibar City”, “Zanzibar City مدينة زنجبار”, and “Zanzibar Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include House of Wonders and Amaan Stadium.

Museum
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The or Palace of Wonders is a landmark building in , . It is the largest and tallest building of Stone Town and occupies a prominent place facing the Forodhani Gardens on the old town's seafront in Mizingani Road.

Stadium
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is a in , Tanzania. The stadium holds 15,000 people. It is intended to be used during the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament.

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The , also known as Ithnashiri Dispensary, is a historical building in , . It is located on the seafront, in Mizingani Road, halfway between the Palace Museum and the harbour.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stone Town and Bububu.

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is the main city on . It is a city of prominent historical and artistic importance in East Africa. Its architecture, mostly dating back to the 19th century, reflects the diverse influences underlying the Swahili culture, with a unique mixture of Moorish, Arab, Persian, Indian and European elements.

Town
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is a town on the island of , the main island of . It is located on the central west coast, 10 kilometres north of the Zanzibari capital of .

Village
is a city located on the island of . The city serves as capital of the Zanzibar Central/South region.

Zanzibar

Latitude
-6.1665° or 6° 9′ 59″ south
Longitude
39.2074° or 39° 12′ 27″ east
Population
710,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
ZNZ
United Nations Location Code
TZ ZNZ
Open location code
6G5XR6M4+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3320526612
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
148730
Wiki­data ID
Q2222874
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Zanzibar” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Zanzibarstad”
  • Amharic: “ዛንዚባር”
  • Arabic: “زنزيبار”
  • Arabic: “مدينة زنجبار”
  • Armenian: “Զանզիբար (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Զանզիբար”
  • Asturian: “Zanzibar City”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zanzibar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zənzibar”
  • Basque: “Zanzibar”
  • Bavarian: “Zanzibar (Stodt)”
  • Belarusian: “Занзібар (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Занзібар”
  • Belarusian: “Занзыбар”
  • Bengali: “জাঞ্জিবার সিটি”
  • Bengali: “জাঞ্জিবার”
  • Bulgarian: “Занзибар (град)”
  • Bulgarian: “Занзибар”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat de Zanzíbar”
  • Catalan: “Zanzíbar”
  • Cebuano: “Zanzibar”
  • Chinese: “桑給巴爾市”
  • Chinese: “桑给巴尔市”
  • Croatian: “Zanzibar (grad)”
  • Croatian: “Zanzibar City”
  • Croatian: “Zanzibar”
  • Czech: “Zanzibar”
  • Danish: “Zanzibar by”
  • Dutch: “Zanzibar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة زنجبار”
  • Esperanto: “Zanzibaro (urbo)”
  • Esperanto: “Zanzibaro”
  • Finnish: “Sansibar”
  • Finnish: “Zanzibar City”
  • French: “Mji Mkongwe”
  • French: “Zanzibar city”
  • French: “Zanzibar City”
  • French: “Zanzibar”
  • Galician: “Cidade de Zanzíbar”
  • Georgian: “ზანზიბარი”
  • German: “Sansibar Stadt”
  • German: “Sansibar-Stadt”
  • German: “Sansibar”
  • German: “Zanzibar City”
  • German: “Zanzibar-Stadt”
  • Greek: “Πόλη της Ζανζιβάρης”
  • Gujarati: “ઝાંઝીબર શહેર”
  • Hausa: “Birnin Zanzibar”
  • Hausa: “Zanzibar”
  • Hebrew: “זנזיבר סיטי”
  • Hindi: “जंजीबार शहर”
  • Hindi: “ज़ंज़ीबार सिटी”
  • Hindi: “ज़ंजीबार”
  • Hindi: “ज़ांज़ीबार”
  • Hungarian: “Zanzibár”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Zanzibar”
  • Indonesian: “Zanzibar City”
  • Indonesian: “Zanzibar”
  • Irish: “Cathair Zanzibar”
  • Italian: “Zanzibar”
  • Japanese: “ザンジバルシティ”
  • Japanese: “ザンジバル市”
  • Javanese: “Zanzibar”
  • Kannada: “ಜಂಜಿಬಾರ್ ನಗರ”
  • Kazakh: “Занзибар (қала)”
  • Kazakh: “Занзибар”
  • Kirghiz: “Занзибар”
  • Korean: “잔지바르 시”
  • Korean: “잔지바르”
  • Korean: “잔지바르시티”
  • Kotava: “Zanzibar (widava)”
  • Kotava: “Zanzibar”
  • Latvian: “Zanzibāra”
  • Lithuanian: “Stoun Taunas”
  • Lithuanian: “Zanzibaras (miestas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Zanzibaras”
  • Macedonian: “Занзибар”
  • Malay: “Zanzibar City”
  • Malay: “Zanzibar”
  • Marathi: “झांझिबार शहर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zanzibar by”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zanzibar City”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zanzibar”
  • Norwegian: “Zanzibar by”
  • Norwegian: “Zanzibar”
  • Oromo: “Zanzibar”
  • Panjabi: “زنجبار”
  • Persian: “زنگبار”
  • Persian: “شهرستان زنگبار”
  • Polish: “Zanzibar (miasto)”
  • Polish: “Zanzibar”
  • Portuguese: “Zanzibar”
  • Pushto: “زنجبار”
  • Romanian: “Zanzibar (oraş)”
  • Romanian: “Zanzibar (oraș)”
  • Romanian: “Zanzibar”
  • Russian: “Занзибар”
  • Scots: “Zanzibar Ceety”
  • Scots: “Zanzibar”
  • Serbian: “Занзибар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zanzibar”
  • Sindhi: “زنجبار شهر”
  • Sinhala: “සන්සිබාර් නගරය”
  • Slovak: “Zanzibar (mesto)”
  • Slovak: “Zanzibar”
  • Slovenian: “Zanzibar”
  • Somali: “Zanzibar”
  • South Azerbaijani: “زنقبار (شهر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “زنقبار”
  • Spanish: “Zanzibar”
  • Spanish: “Zanzíbar”
  • Swahili: “Jiji la Zanzibar”
  • Swahili: “Mji wa Zanzibar”
  • Swahili: “Zanzibar (Jiji)”
  • Swahili: “Zanzibar (mji)”
  • Swahili: “Zanzibar”
  • Swedish: “Zanzibar”
  • Tajik: “Зanjибор”
  • Tajik: “Занзибар Сити”
  • Tajik: “Занзибар Ситӣ”
  • Tajik: “Занзибар”
  • Tamil: “சாண்ஸ்ய்பர் நகரம்”
  • Tatar: “Zanzibar”
  • Telugu: “జంజిబార్ నగరం”
  • Thai: “ซานซิบาร์”
  • Tumbuka: “Zanzibar City”
  • Turkish: “Zanzibar City”
  • Turkish: “Zanzibar”
  • Ukrainian: “Занзібар”
  • Urdu: “زنجبار شہر”
  • Uzbek: “Zanjibar”
  • Venetian: “Zanzibar”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Zanzibar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zanzibar (syudad)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zanzibar”
  • Welsh: “Sansibar”
  • Welsh: “Zanzibar (dinas)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sansibar”
  • Western Frisian: “Sânsibar”
  • Yoruba: “Ìlú Zanzibar”
  • Yoruba: “Zanzibar City”
  • Yue Chinese: “桑給巴爾市”
  • Zulu: “Zanzibar, Idolobhakazi”

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