Stone Town
Stone Town is the main city on Zanzibar. 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.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar, in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Ciudad de piedra de Zanzibar”, “Ciudad de piedra de Zanzíbar”, “La ville de pierre de Zanzibar”, “Stone town”, “Stone Town of Zanzibar”, “Stone Town مدينة زنجبار الحجرية”, “Stonetown”, “Wilaya ya Mjini Unguja”, “მჯი-მკონგვე”, “სტოუნ ტაუნი”, “זנזיבר טאון”, “اسٹون ٹاؤن”, “زنجبار القديمة”, “ستون تون”, “প্রস্তর নগরী”, “ストーン・タウン”, and “石頭城”
Places of Interest
Highlights: House of Wonders and Old Dispensary.
House of Wonders
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ng’ambo and Michenzani.
Michenzani
Neighborhood
Stone Town
- Categories: city, urban area, and locality
- Location: Mkunazini, Zanzibar City, Zanzibar Urban/West, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-6.1627° or 6° 9′ 46″ south
Longitude
39.19° or 39° 11′ 24″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
6G5XR5PR+W2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Stone Town” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدينة زنجبار الحجرية”
- Armenian: “Քարե քաղաք”
- Asturian: “Stone Town”
- Azerbaijani: “Stoun Taun”
- Basque: “Harrizko Hiria”
- Bengali: “স্টোন টাউন”
- Bulgarian: “Каменен град”
- Burmese: “ကျောက်တုံးမြို့”
- Catalan: “Stone Town”
- Chinese: “桑吉巴石頭城”
- Chinese: “桑給巴爾石頭城”
- Chinese: “桑给巴尔石头城”
- Czech: “Kamenné Město”
- Czech: “Stone Town”
- Danish: “Stone Town”
- Dutch: “Stone Town”
- Esperanto: “Ŝtonurbo”
- Finnish: “Kivikaupunki”
- Finnish: “Stone Town”
- French: “Stone Town”
- Galician: “Cidade de Pedra”
- Georgian: “სტოუნ-ტაუნი”
- German: “Stone Town”
- Greek: “Πέτρινη Πόλη”
- Greek: “Στόουν Τάουν”
- Hausa: “Garin Dutse”
- Hebrew: “סטון טאון”
- Hungarian: “Stone Town”
- Indonesian: “Kota Batu (Zanzibar)”
- Indonesian: “Stone Town”
- Italian: “Stone Town”
- Japanese: “ザンジバル島のストーン・タウン”
- Korean: “스톤타운”
- Kotava: “Stone Town”
- Lithuanian: “Stountaunas”
- Malayalam: “സ്റ്റോൺ ടൗൺ”
- Maltese: “Stone Town”
- Nepali: “जन्जिबारको ढुङ्गा सहर”
- Nepali: “जान्जिबारको ढुङ्गा सहर”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Steinbyen på Zanzibar”
- Norwegian: “Steinbyen på Zanzibar”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Stone Town”
- Persian: “شهر سنگی زنگبار”
- Polish: “Kamienne Miasto”
- Polish: “Stone Town”
- Polish: “Zanzibar”
- Portuguese: “Cidade de Pedra de Zanzibar”
- Portuguese: “Cidade de Pedra”
- Romanian: “Stone Town”
- Russian: “Каменный город”
- Russian: “Стоунтаун”
- Serbian: “Стоун Таун”
- Slovak: “Stone Town”
- Slovenian: “Stone Town”
- Spanish: “Stone Town”
- Swahili: “Mji Mkongwe”
- Swahili: “Wilaya ya Unguja Mjini”
- Swedish: “Zanzibars stenstad”
- Tajik: “Шаҳри сангӣ”
- Thai: “สโตนทาวน์”
- Turkish: “Stone Town”
- Ukrainian: “Кам’яне місто”
- Urdu: “سٹون ٹاؤن”
- Urdu: “شہر سنگ زنجبار”
- Vietnamese: “Thị trấn Đá Zanzibar”
- Waray (Philippines): “Stone Town”
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