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2. Sultan's Palace, Zanzibar - Wikipedia

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   The Sultan's Palace is one of the main historical buildings of Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is a 3-story building with merlon-decorated white ...

3. Stone Town - Wikipedia

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   Stone Town is part of Zanzibar City, which also includes the 'New City' of Ng'ambo ("the Other Side"), which mostly extends in the interior of Unguja to the south-east. The dividing line between Stone Town and Ng'ambo is Creek Road, later renamed to Benjamin Mkapa Road, marking the west side of the now reclaimed creek that separated them. [21]

4. List of landmarks in Stone Town - Wikipedia

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   Stone Town also known as Mji Mkongwe is the old part of the Zanzibar City. The Town was the capital of the Sultanate of Zanzibar and at one point the capital of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The town's architecture and cultural composition is a mixture of centuries of various cultures that have inhabited the island such as the Arabs ...

5. House of Wonders - Wikipedia

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   The House of Wonders in the early 20th century. The palace was built in 1883 for Barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar. [2] [3] It was intended as a ceremonial palace and official reception hall, celebrating modernity, and it was named "House of Wonders" because it was the first building in Zanzibar to have electricity, and also the first building in East Africa to have an elevator. [4]

6. Tourism in Zanzibar - Wikipedia

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   Zanzibar is known for its variety of spices that are used to prepare food, cosmetics and medicines. Some of the fruits available include banana, coconut, lime, jackfruit and breadfruit. Spices include clove, nutmeg, black pepper, vanilla and coriander. Zanzibar is also known for its salt and seaweed farms that may be visited by tourists on request.

7. List of World Heritage Sites in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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   Stone Town of Zanzibar: Mjini Magharibi: 2000 173; ii, iii, vi (cultural) The Stone Town, the old part of Zanzibar City, was shaped by different cultures through trade, from Arab lands, India, and Europe. It is a prime example of a Swahili trading town on the east African coast.