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Zanzibar [a] is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 mi) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island.
Zanzibar City or Mjini District, often simply referred to as Zanzibar (Wilaya ya Zanzibar Mjini or Jiji la Zanzibar in Swahili) is one of two administrative districts of Mjini Magharibi Region in Tanzania. [1] The district covers an area of 15.4 km 2 (5.9 sq mi). [2] The district is comparable in size to the land area of Nauru. [3]
English: Topographic map of the Zanzibar Archipelago — in the Western Indian Ocean, and a part of Tanzania. Suomi: Sansibarin — topografinen kartta (Tansania). Date
The region covers an area of 230 km 2 (89 sq mi). [4] The region is located entirely on the island of Zanzibar and bordered to the west by the Indian Ocean, north by Unguja North Region and the east by Unguja South Region. The region is home to one of the seven World Heritage Sites located in Tanzania, namely; Stonetown of Zanzibar. [5]
Until the mid 19th Century, Ng'ambo was a small community of African slaves. It then began to grow, and by 1895 it comprised 15 wards and was home to 15,000 people. [3] By 1922 its population was twice that of nearby Stone Town, and by the time of independence from Britain in 1964 it housed 80,000 people.
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It is bordered to the north by the Zanzibar North Region, to the east by the Zanzibar Central/South Region, to the south by Kiwani Bay, and to the west by the Zanzibar Urban District. As of 2002 [update] Census, the population of the Zanzibar West District was 184,204, but by the 2012 Census it had more than doubled to 370,645 [ 1 ] [ 2 ]