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| Zanzibar | |||
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| Coordinates: 6°8′S 39°19′E | |||
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| Country | Tanzania | ||
| Islands | Unguja and Pemba | ||
| Capital | Zanzibar City | ||
| Settled | AD 1000 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Type | semi-autonomous part of Tanzania | ||
| - President | Amani Abeid Karume | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 2,557 km² (987 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 1,070,000 | ||
off the coast of East Africa of numerous small islands and two large ones:
Unguja (the main island, sometimes informally referred to as 'Zanzibar'),
and Pemba Island.
The archipelago was once the separate state of Zanzibar,
which united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania
(derived from the two names),
and still enjoys a high degree of autonomy within the union.
The capital of Zanzibar, located on the island of Unguja, is Zanzibar City.
The city's old quarter, known asStone Town, is a World Heritage Site.
Zanzibar's main industries are spices (which include cloves,
nutmeg cinnamon and pepper), raffia, and tourism.
Zanzibar is also the home of the endemic
Zanzibar Red Colobus and the elusive Zanzibar Leopard.
Zanzibar is sometimes referred to as the "Spice Islands,"
a term that is also associated with the
Maluku Islands in Indonesia.
Pemba Island is the only island apart from
Zanzibar that still produces cloves on a major basis which is a primary
source of spice income for the islands. Sometimes called
"a jewel in the lap of Africa," the archipelago has become a popular
User Submitted) – Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
which is now a hot tourist destination for the jet set.
Once it was a center for Arab slave trading in East Africa
run by people from present day Oman.
Many of the Arab inhabitants of Zanzibar were
slaughtered following a coup by the black majority
shortly after independence in 1964 and the rest fled.
Their area of the island, Stone Town, became an abandoned,
ghostly ruin. Stone Town is now the center of tourism and, oddly,
the tourist destination for hundreds of Omanis with ties to colonial Zanzibar.
And this time, the local residents are welcoming the
Omani tourists with open arms and cash registers. .
ghostly ruin. Stone Town is now the center of tourism and, oddly,
the tourist destination for hundreds of Omanis with ties to colonial Zanzibar.
And this time, the local residents are welcoming the
Omani tourists with open arms and cash registers. .
MUSCAT // Ramadan is often a time for Muslim across
the world to return home - but for many Omanis,
it is a time to return to their former colony.
As Ramadan approaches,
hundreds of Omanis have booked flights to Zanzibar
- an Indian Ocean island that shares a deep history with the sultanate.
"I am not surprised that there is a big turnout this time because
Zanzibar is a natural destination for Omanis
because of the historical links between the two countries,
" Mohammed al Najmi, a travel agent with Muscat
-based Al Madina Travel Agents, said.
Last month, Mr Najmi said he has sold more than 900 airline tickets to Zanzibar,
more than double the amount he usually
sells in August and September.
Now the journey to Zanzibar can be made in the relative
comfort of a six-hour flight.
But at one time Omanis braved monsoons in dhows for a month-long,
sometimes perilous, journey to East Africa and their island colony.
Oman defeated the Portuguese and took control of Zanzibar in 1698.
In 1832, the Omani sultan,
Said bin Sultan, made Zanzibar his capital and established a thriving
spice trade and a major transit route to the West.
Zanzibar is a derivation of the two Arabic words Zenj and Bar,
or the land of the blacks.
It covered an area from the coasts of two East African countries,
Kenya and the former Tanganyika, before the
Germans gradually occupied most of it in the 1880s.
"The Sultan of Zanzibar was then left with only the island,
which was the capital of his former East African dominions,"
said al Hatmi, 81, a historian and retired teacher who taught in Zanzibar and Oman.
خريطة لجزيرة زنجبار الرئيسية
زنزبار هو جزء من تنزانيا
الإحداثيات : 6 ° 8 'S39 ° 19'E
بلد تنزانيا
الجزر اونجوجا وبيمبا
مدينة زنجبار عاصمة
استقر ميلادي 1000
حكومة
-- أكتب تتمتع بحكم شبه ذاتي جزء من تنزانيا
-- الرئيس أماني عبيد كارومي
منطقة
-- المجموع 2557 كيلومتر مربع (987 ميل مربع)
السكان (2004)
-- المجموع 1070000
زنجبار هي أرخبيل في المحيط الهندي 22 ميلا (35 كيلومترا) قبالة سواحل شرق أفريقيا ،
والعديد من الجزر الصغيرة واثنين من الشركات الكبيرة : اونجوجا (الجزيرة الرئيسية،
وأحيانا بصورة غير رسمية أشارت إلى أنه "زنجبار") ،
وجزيرة بيمبا. كان مرة واحدة في ارخبيل زنجبار دولة مستقلة،
والذي اتحد مع تنجانيقا لتشكيل تنزانيا (مشتقة من أسماء اثنين)،
ومازال يتمتع بدرجة عالية من الحكم الذاتي ضمن الاتحاد.
عاصمة زنجبار، وتقع في جزيرة اونجوجا، هو مدينة زنجبار.
الربع في المدينة القديمة، والمعروفة باسم ستون تاون، هي مواقع التراث العالمي.
الصناعات الرئيسية في زنجبار التوابل
(التي تشمل القرنفل وجوزة الطيب والقرفة والفلفل)،
الرافية ، والسياحة. زنجبار هي أيضا موطن كولوبوس الأحمر
المتوطنة زنجبار ومراوغة ليوبارد زنجبار.
ويشار أحيانا إلى زنجبار باسم "جزر التوابل" ،
وهو المصطلح الذي يرتبط أيضا مع جزر مالوكو فى اندونيسيا.
جزيرة بيمبا هي الجزيرة الوحيدة باستثناء
زنجبار التي تنتج ما زال القرنفل على أساس الكبرى التي
هي المصدر الرئيسي للدخل لجزر التوابل. تسمى أحيانا
"جوهرة في حضن أفريقيا ،" لقد أصبح الارخبيل شعبية
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