Sultan’s Palace

The Sultan's Palace is one of the main historical buildings of , , . It is a 3-story building with merlon-decorated white walls, located in Mizingani Road, on the seafront, between the and the .
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  • Type: Palace
  • Description: museum in Zanzibar
  • Also known as: “Palace Museum” and “Sultan’s Palace, Zanzibar”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: House of Wonders and Old Dispensary.

Museum
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The or Palace of Wonders is a landmark building in , . is situated 150 metres southwest of Sultan’s Palace.

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The , also known as Ithnashiri… is situated 300 metres northeast of Sultan’s Palace.

Mosque
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The Ijumaa Mosque is a in , , . is situated 220 metres northeast of Sultan’s Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stone Town and Ng’ambo.

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is the main city on .

Suburb
Ng'ambo is one of the two main parts comprising…

Neighborhood
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is a large neighbourhood of , the more modern part of in .

Sultan’s Palace

Latitude
-6.15993° or 6° 9′ 36″ south
Longitude
39.19051° or 39° 11′ 26″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
6G5XR5RR+26
Geo­Names ID
11791584
Wiki­data ID
Q1960500
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swahili—“Sultan’s Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت الساحل”
  • Dutch: “Palace Museum”
  • French: “musée du Palais”
  • French: “Musée du Palais”
  • German: “Sultanspalast (Sansibar)”
  • German: “Sultanspalast”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Palace Museum”
  • Hausa: “Gidan kayan gargajiya na Palace”
  • Italian: “Museo del Palazzo”
  • Russian: “Дворец султана (Занзибар)”
  • Russian: “Дворец султана”
  • Spanish: “Museo del Palacio”
  • Swahili: “Jumba la Sultani, Zanzibar”
  • Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Ikulu”

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