Zanzibar Urban/West
Zanzibar City
Mkunazini

Stone Town

Stone Town 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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar, in Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Mji Mkongwe” and “Stone Town of Zanzibar”
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include House of Wonders and Old Dispensary.

Museum
Photo: Moongateclimber, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Palace of Wonders is a landmark building in Stone Town, . 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.

Photo: Moongateclimber, Public domain.
The , also known as Ithnashiri Dispensary, is a historical building in Stone Town, . It is located on the seafront, in Mizingani Road, halfway between the Palace Museum and the harbour.

Church
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The Roman Catholic cathedral of St. Joseph is one of the most important historical buildings in Stone Town, , as well as one of its main visitor attractions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ng’ambo and Michenzani.

Suburb
Ng'ambo is one of the two main parts comprising , the capital of , 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.

Neighborhood
Photo: Loranchet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large neighbourhood of , the more modern part of in . It is located just across Creek Road, that separates the historical part of the city, Stone Town and Ng'ambo.

Stone Town

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
node 27252361
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
149734
Wiki­data ID
Q844417
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Stone Town” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “زنجبار القديمة”
  • Arabic: “ستون تون”
  • Arabic: “مدينة زنجبار الحجرية”
  • Armenian: “Քարե քաղաք”
  • Asturian: “Stone Town”
  • Azerbaijani: “Stoun Taun”
  • Basque: “Harrizko Hiria”
  • Bengali: “প্রস্তর নগরী”
  • 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”
  • Chinese: “石頭城”
  • Czech: “Kamenné Město”
  • Czech: “Mji Mkongwe”
  • Czech: “Stone Town”
  • Danish: “Stone Town”
  • Dutch: “Stone Town”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝtonurbo”
  • Finnish: “Kivikaupunki”
  • Finnish: “Stone Town”
  • French: “La ville de pierre de Zanzibar”
  • French: “Stone Town”
  • Georgian: “მჯი-მკონგვე”
  • Georgian: “სტოუნ ტაუნი”
  • Georgian: “სტოუნ-ტაუნი”
  • German: “Mji Mkongwe”
  • German: “Stone Town”
  • Greek: “Στόουν Τάουν”
  • Hausa: “Garin Dutse”
  • Hebrew: “זנזיבר טאון”
  • 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”
  • Japanese: “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: “Mji Mkongwe”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Steinbyen på Zanzibar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stone town”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stonetown”
  • 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”
  • Portuguese: “Stone Town”
  • Romanian: “Stone Town”
  • Russian: “Каменный город”
  • Russian: “Стоунтаун”
  • Serbian: “Стоун Таун”
  • Slovak: “Mji Mkongwe”
  • Slovak: “Stone Town”
  • Slovenian: “Stone Town”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de piedra de Zanzibar”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de piedra de Zanzíbar”
  • Spanish: “Stone Town”
  • Swahili: “Mji Mkongwe”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Mjini Unguja”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Unguja Mjini”
  • Swedish: “Mji Mkongwe”
  • Swedish: “Stone Town”
  • Swedish: “Zanzibars stenstad”
  • Tajik: “Шаҳри сангӣ”
  • Thai: “สโตนทาวน์”
  • Turkish: “Stone Town”
  • Ukrainian: “Кам’яне місто”
  • Urdu: “اسٹون ٹاؤن”
  • Urdu: “سٹون ٹاؤن”
  • Urdu: “شہر سنگ زنجبار”
  • Vietnamese: “Thị trấn Đá Zanzibar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Stone Town”

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