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Its historic centre, Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site. Zanzibar is also a semi-autonomous region that united with Tanganyika in 1964, and formed the present-day United Republic of Tanzania. The archipelago's main industries are spices, raffia, and tourism. [6] The main spices produced are clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, coconut, and black pepper.
The Zanzibar Archipelago (Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar, in Swahili, Arabic: أرخبيل زنجبار) is a group of islands off the coast of mainland Tanzania in the sea of Zanj. The archipelago is also known as the Spice Islands. There are three main islands with permanent human settlements, Zanzibar island, Pemba island, and Mafia island.
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The city is the largest on the island of Zanzibar. It is located on the west coast of Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, north of the much larger city of Dar es Salaam across the Zanzibar Channel. The city also serves as the capital of the Zanzibar Urban/West Region. In 2022 its population was 219,007. [4]
English: Topographic map of the Zanzibar Archipelago — in the Western Indian Ocean, and a part of Tanzania. Suomi: Sansibarin — topografinen kartta (Tansania).
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version.Modifications: marked the entire Zanzibar Archipelago.The original can be viewed here: UngujaCentralSouth location map.svg: File:UngujaCentralSouth location map.svg.
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Africae Tabula Nova ("New Map of Africa") is a map of Africa published by Abraham Ortelius in 1570. It was engraved by Frans Hogenberg and included in Ortelius's 1570 atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ("Theater of the World"), commonly regarded as the first modern atlas. The atlas was printed widely in seven languages and 31 total editions between ...