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    Zanzibar - Wikipedia
    StatusSemi-autonomous region of Tanzania
    CapitalZanzibar City
    Official languagesSwahili · Arabic · English
    Ethnic groupsSwahili · Arabs · Hadimu · Shirazi · Tumbatu
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    Zanzibar is an island province of Tanzania, located in the Indian Ocean. It consists of two large islands, Unguja and Pemba, and several smaller ones.
    Etymology

    The word Zanzibar came from Arabic zanjibār (زنجبار [zandʒibaːr]), which is in turn from Persian zangbâr (زنگبار [zæŋbɒːɾ]), a compound of Zang (زنگ [zæŋ], "black") + bâr (بار [bɒːɾ], "coast"), cf. the Sea of Zanj. The name is on… See more

    History

    The presence of microliths suggests that Zanzibar has been home to humans for at least 20,000 years, which was the beginning of the Later Stone Age.
    A Greco-Roman text between the 1st and 3rd centuri… See more

    Demographics

    The 2022 census is the most recent census for which results have been reported. The total population of Zanzibar was 1,889,773 people – with an annual growth rate of 3.8 percent. The population of Zanzibar City, which was t… See more

    Government

    As an autonomous part of Tanzania, Zanzibar has its own government, known as the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar. It is made up of the Revolutionary Council and House of Representatives. The House of R… See more

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