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Mafia Island, (394 km 2 (152 sq mi)), lies off the east coast of Tanzania opposite the delta of the Rufiji River. [1] The 20 kilometres (12 mi) wide stretch of water between the delta and the island is called the Mafia Channel.
Islam is the most prominent religion on the semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago and could be considered the Islamic center in the United Republic of Tanzania.Around 99% of the population in the islands are Muslim, with two-thirds being Sunni Muslim and a minority Ibadi, Ismaili and Twelver Shia.
General elections were held in Zanzibar on 28 October 2020 alongside the Tanzanian general elections to elect the President and National Assembly of the Semi-autonomous state of Zanzibar. [1] Voters elect the president, Zanzibar House of Representatives and local government councillors. By convention, the election was held on the last Wednesday ...
People and Production in Late Pre-colonial Tanzania: History and Structures. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of International Studies. Koponen, Juhani (1994). Development for Exploitation: German Colonial Policies in Mainland Tanzania, 1884–1914. Paice, Edward (2007). Tip and Run: The Untold Tragedy of the Great War in Africa. London: Orion ...
Zanzibar remains a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania. The autonomous status of Zanzibar is viewed as comparable to Hong Kong as suggested by some scholars, and being recognized as the "African Hong Kong". [28] The Zanzibar House of Representatives was established in 1980.
This was China's first stadium project in Africa and it marked the beginning of its stadium diplomacy over the decades. [ 4 ] The stadium was the location of a ceremony on 5 February 1977, uniting the Afro-Shirazi Party and the Tanganyika African National Union into the Chama cha Mapinduzi .
Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar: 13 horizontal stripes. 4 red, 4 green, 2 white and 3 yellow with 8 green crescent moons. 3 in the superior and inferior yellow stripes and 2 in the central yellow stripe. 1896–1963: Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (British protectorate) a simple red field. [8] 1963–1964: Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
The Zanzibar Channel is a strait in south-eastern Africa, separating the island of Unguja (also known as Zanzibar) from mainland Tanzania. The channel is 120 km long and 29–37 km wide, with depth varying from a few dozen metres (in the centre) to a few hundred metres to the north and to the south.