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During the 19th century, Zanzibar was known all over the world in the words of Petterson as: "A fabled land of spices, a vile center of slavery, a place of origins of expeditions into the vast, mysterious continent, the island was all these things during its heyday in the last half of the 19th century. [10]
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.
The sinking of the MV Spice Islander I on 10 September 2011, after departing from Unguja island for Pemba Island, was the worst disaster in Tanzanian history. In a report to the Zanzibar House of Representatives on 14 October 2011, Zanzibar's Second Vice President , Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi , said that 2,764 people were missing, 203 bodies had ...
Mwangi - is a small islet close to Mtambwe on the main island of Pemba. Panza - is the southernmost island in Pemba and in fact is a series of islets but a bridge connects the two main parts of Mtondooni and Panza proper. Its topography is coral on the Panza side and deep soil on the Mtondooni part. Its inhabitants do farming and fishing.
12 January: Zanzibar Revolution; city becomes capital of People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba. April: Sultanate of Zanzibar becomes part of the new United Republic of Tanzania. City becomes capital of semiautonomous region of Zanzibar. [5] Mtoro Rehani becomes mayor. [21] 1966 - Kikwajuni GDR housing built. [22] 1972 - 7 April: Abeid Karume ...
The People's Republic of Zanzibar (Swahili: Jamhuri ya watu wa Zanzibar) was a short-lived African state founded in 1964, consisting of the islands of the Zanzibar Archipelago. It existed for less than six months before it merged with Tanganyika to create the "United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar", which would be renamed the United ...
Menouthias (Ancient Greek: Μενουθιάς) is an ancient trading town most commonly identified with either Madagascar, [1] Pemba Island, Mafia Island or Zanzibar in Tanzania or East Africa, that existed from at least 50 B.C. Along with Rhapta and Azania, the settlement is mentioned in early Greek writings, such as the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, which describes Rhapta as "the last ...
History of Zanzibar by period (4 C) S. Slavery in Zanzibar (1 C, 2 P) ... Timeline of Zanzibar City; Z. 2013 Zanzibar acid attack; Zanzibari rupee; Zanzibari ryal