Place:

Zanzibar (Tanzania)

 
Broader Places
Tanzania (149)

Narrower Places
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) (22)

Place Type  region
Other Place Types
first level subdivision

Alternative Terms
Zanzibar region

Latitude  -6.167
Longitude  39.333

Shares name with former sultanate; formerly subdivided into three regions; one of the world's chief sources of cloves; formerly under Arab rulers then dominated by Portuguese, Oman, German East African Company, & British.

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