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Zanzibar 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.
History of Tanzania. People have lived in Zanzibar for 20,000 years. [citation needed] The earliest written accounts of Zanzibar began when the islands became a base for traders voyaging between the African Great Lakes, the Somali Peninsula, the Arabian peninsula, Iran, and the Indian subcontinent. Unguja offered a protected and defensible ...
The Zanzibar Archipelago ( Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar, in Swahili, Arabic: أرخبيل زنجبار) are 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 four main islands, three primary islands with permanent human populations, a fourth coral island that ...
The Zanzibar Archipelago, now part of the Southeast African republic of Tanzania, is a group of islands lying in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanganyika. It comprises the main southern island of Unguja (also known as Zanzibar), the smaller northern island of Pemba , and numerous surrounding islets.
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. [1] Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavement is the placement of a person into slavery, and the person is called a slave or an enslaved person ...
It now claims to be one of the oldest gay bars in Europe. The main Copenhagen gay district is the Latin Quarter. France. The very first gay bar in Europe and probably in the world was the Zanzibar in Cannes on the French Riviera. The Zanzibar was opened in 1885 and existed for 125 years, before it was closed in December 2010.
Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC 1) and (ZBC 2) Thailand [ edit ] Further information: Television in Thailand and List of television stations in Southeast Asia § Thailand
Tourism in Zanzibar includes the tourism industry and its effects on the islands of Unguja (known internationally as Zanzibar) and Pemba in Zanzibar a semi-autonomous region in the United Republic of Tanzania. [1] Tourism is the top income generator for the islands, outpacing even the lucrative agricultural export industry and providing roughly ...