Bububu

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

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mwera and Ng’ambo.

Mwera

Town

Mwera is a village in Zanzibar east of Zanzibar City on the road to the western coast of the island. Mwera was the location of many Arab-owned clove and coconut plantations throughout the 19th century. Mwera is situated 7 km southeast of Bububu.

Ng’ambo

Suburb

Ng'ambo is one of the two main parts comprising Zanzibar City, the capital of Zanzibar, the other being the historical Stone Town. Ng'ambo is much larger and more modern than Stone Town, with office buildings and large apartment blocks, as well as slum areas. Ng’ambo is situated 8 km south of Bububu.

Michenzani

Neighborhood

Photo: Loranchet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Michenzani is a large neighbourhood of Ng'ambo, the more modern part of Zanzibar City in Tanzania. It is located just across Creek Road, that separates the historical part of the city, Stone Town and Ng'ambo. Michenzani is situated 8 km south of Bububu.

Bububu

Type: Town with 5,650 residents
Description: village in Tanzania
Categories: village and locality
Location: Bububu, Magharibi, Zanzibar Urban/West, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-6.09886° or 6° 5′ 56″ south

Longitude

39.22045° or 39° 13′ 14″ east

Population

5,650

Elevation

13 metres (43 feet)

Open location code

6G5XW62C+F5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 27252328

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

161044

Wikidata ID

Q985415

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swahili—“Bububu” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Բուբուբու”
Dutch: “Bububu”
French: “Bububu”
German: “Bububu”
Italian: “Bububu”
Japanese: “ブブブ”
Russian: “Бубубу”
Swahili: “Bububu”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bububu”. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.