Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania composed of numerous islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania, including the main islands of Unguja and Pemba. Zanzibar City is the capital, located on Unguja. The historic center of Stone Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Zanzibar's economy is based around spices like cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon, as well as tourism. The islands are home to unique species like the Zanzibar red colobus monkey.
Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania composed of numerous islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania, including the main islands of Unguja and Pemba. Zanzibar City is the capital, located on Unguja. The historic center of Stone Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Zanzibar's economy is based around spices like cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon, as well as tourism. The islands are home to unique species like the Zanzibar red colobus monkey.
Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania composed of numerous islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania, including the main islands of Unguja and Pemba. Zanzibar City is the capital, located on Unguja. The historic center of Stone Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Zanzibar's economy is based around spices like cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon, as well as tourism. The islands are home to unique species like the Zanzibar red colobus monkey.
Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania composed of numerous islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania, including the main islands of Unguja and Pemba. Zanzibar City is the capital, located on Unguja. The historic center of Stone Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Zanzibar's economy is based around spices like cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon, as well as tourism. The islands are home to unique species like the Zanzibar red colobus monkey.
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Zanzibar (/ˈzænzɪbɑːr/; Swahili: Zanzibar; Arabic: جبَار ِ romanized: Zinjibār) is a semi-autonomous
region of Tanzania. It is composed of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometres (16–31 mi) off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja. Its historic centre is Stone Town, which is a World Heritage Site. Zanzibar's main industries are spices, raffia, and tourism.[5] In particular, the islands produce cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and black pepper. For this reason, the Zanzibar Archipelago, together with Tanzania's Mafia Island, are sometimes referred to locally as the "Spice Islands" (a term borrowed from the Maluku Islands of Indonesia). Zanzibar is the home of the endemic Zanzibar red colobus, the Zanzibar servaline genet, and the extinct or rare Zanzibar leopard.[6][7]
Etymology[edit] The word Zanzibar came from Arabic zanjibār (زنجبار [zandʒibaːr]), which is in turn from Persian zangbâr (زنگبار [zæŋbɒːɾ]), a compound of Zang (زنگ [zæŋ], "black") + bâr (بار [bɒːɾ], "coast"),[8][9][10] cf. the Sea of Zanj. The name is one of several toponyms sharing similar etymologies, ultimately meaning "land of the blacks" or similar meanings, in reference to the dark skin of the inhabitants.
