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  2. Freddie Mercury - Wikipedia

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    Freddie Mercury [2] (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) [3] was a British singer and songwriter who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four- octave vocal ...

  3. Zanzibar - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. History of Zanzibar - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. House of Wonders - Wikipedia

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    6.160914°S 39.189591°E. / -6.160914; 39.189591. Owner. Government of Tanzania. The House of Wonders or Palace of Wonders (in Arabic: بيت العجايب Bayt al-ʿAjāʾib) is a landmark building in Stone Town, Zanzibar. It is the largest and tallest building of Stone Town and occupies a prominent place facing the Forodhani Gardens on the ...

  6. Tourism in Zanzibar - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Zanzibar Archipelago - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Stone Town - Wikipedia

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    Stone Town. /  6.1624°S 39.1913°E  / -6.1624; 39.1913. Stonetown of Zanzibar ( Arabic: مدينة زنجبار الحجرية, romanized : madīnat Zanjibār al-ḥajariyya ), also known as Mji Mkongwe ( Swahili for 'old town'), is the old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar, in Tanzania. The newer portion of the city is ...

  9. Zanzibar City - Wikipedia

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    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]

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