Zanzibar
Zanzibar is an island off the coast of Tanzania famous for its history, culture, archeological sites, and stunning white sand beaches. Zanzibar Province includes Pemba Island to the north as well as many smaller islands in the Zanzibar archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Stone Town and Paje.
Stone Town
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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.
Paje
Paje is a village on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, part of Zanzibar. It is located on the southeast coast between the villages of Bwejuu and Jambiani.Nungwi
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Nungwi, or Ras Nungwi, is a large village located in the far northern end of the island of Zanzibar. With a population of 30,762, Nungwi is the second largest settlement on the island.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Kendwa and Jambiani.
Kendwa
Kendwa is a village on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, part of Zanzibar. It is located in the far north of the island, on the west coast overlooking the nearby small Daloni Island and the larger and more distant Tumbatu Island.Jambiani
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Jambiani is a group of villages on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, part of Zanzibar. It is located on the southeast coast between Paje and Makunduchi.
Matemwe
Matemwe is a village located in Kaskazini A District of Unguja North Region on the north-eastern coast of Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, between Mwangaseni and Kigomani.Zanzibar
- Type: Island with 1,890,000 residents
- Description: archipelago in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Spice Islands” and “Zanzibar Archipelago”
- Category: island group
- Location: Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Zanzibar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أرخبيل زنجبار”
- Armenian: “Զանզիբար”
- Asturian: “Archipiélagu de Zanzíbar”
- Bashkir: “Занзибар (архипелаг)”
- Bashkir: “Занзибар”
- Basque: “Zanzibar uhartedia”
- Belarusian: “Занзыбар”
- Bengali: “জাঞ্জিবার দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Bengali: “মশলা দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Bulgarian: “Занзибарски архипелаг”
- Catalan: “arxipèlag de Zanzibar”
- Catalan: “Arxipèlag de Zanzíbar”
- Catalan: “Zanzibar”
- Cebuano: “Zanzibar Archipelago”
- Chinese: “桑給巴爾群島”
- Chinese: “桑给巴尔群岛”
- Croatian: “arhipelag Zanzibar”
- Croatian: “Zanzibarsko otočje”
- Czech: “Zanzibarské souostroví”
- Dutch: “Zanzibar-archiel”
- Dutch: “Zanzibar”
- Dutch: “Zanzibararchipel”
- Esperanto: “Zanzibara Insularo”
- Fiji Hindi: “Zanzibar Archipelago”
- Finnish: “Sansibarin saaristo”
- French: “Zanzibar”
- Galician: “Arquipélago de Zanzíbar”
- Georgian: “ზანზიბარის არქიპელაგი”
- German: “Gewürzinseln”
- German: “Sansibar-Archipel”
- German: “Sansibar”
- German: “Spice Islands”
- German: “Zansibar”
- Hebrew: “זנזיבר”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Zanzibar (Tanzania)”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Zanzibar”
- Italian: “Arcipelago di Zanzibar”
- Japanese: “ザンジバル諸島”
- Korean: “잔지바르 제도”
- Latin: “archipelagus Zanzibarae”
- Latin: “Zanzibara”
- Lithuanian: “Kvapiosios salos”
- Lithuanian: “Prieskonių salos”
- Lithuanian: “Zanzibaro archipelagas”
- Lithuanian: “Zanzibaro salynas”
- Malagasy: “Zanzibar”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Zanzibar”
- Northern Frisian: “Sansibar Eilunen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zanzibararkipelet”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zanzibar”
- Ossetian: “Занзибар”
- Polish: “Archipelag Zanzibaru”
- Polish: “Zanzibar”
- Portuguese: “Arquipélago de Zanzibar”
- Russian: “Занзибар (архипелаг)”
- Russian: “Занзибар (группа островов)”
- Russian: “Занзибар (острова)”
- Russian: “Занзибар”
- Serbian: “Занзибарски архипелаг”
- Shona: “Gururundu re Zanzibhari”
- Slovenian: “Zanzibar”
- Slovenian: “Zanzibarsko otočje”
- Spanish: “Archipielago de Zanzibar”
- Spanish: “Archipiélago de Zanzíbar”
- Swahili: “Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar”
- Swedish: “Zanzibararkipelagen”
- Tajik: “Занзибар”
- Tamil: “சான்சிபார் தீவுக்கூட்டம்”
- Ukrainian: “Занзібар”
- Urdu: “مجمع الجزائر زنجبار”
- Urdu: “مجموعہ الجزائر زنجبار”
- Western Frisian: “Sansibareilannen”
- Western Frisian: “Sânsibareilannen”
- Western Mari: “Занзибар”
- Western Panjabi: “مجموعہ الجزائر زنجبار”
- Wu Chinese: “桑给巴尔群岛”
- Yue Chinese: “桑給巴爾群島”
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