Mangapwani
Mangapwani is a town on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, the main island of Zanzibar. It is located on the northwest coast, 25 kilometres north of the Zanzibari capital of Stone Town. The town's name means "Arabian Shore" in Swahili,…- Type: Village
- Description: village on Zanzibar
- Also known as: “Mungopani”
Mangapwani
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mangapwani, Kaskazini B, Zanzibar North, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-5.98983° or 5° 59′ 23″ south
Longitude
39.19593° or 39° 11′ 45″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
6G6X256W+39
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Vietnamese—“Mangapwani” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Mangapwani”
- Dutch: “Mangapwani”
- French: “Mangapwani”
- Irish: “Mangapwani”
- Italian: “Mangapwani”
- Swahili: “Manga Pwani”
- Swahili: “Mangapwani”
- Vietnamese: “Mangapwani”
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Places to explore: Mahonda and Mangwapani.
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Highlights: Slave chamber and Mangapwani Slave Chamber.
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