Place details
Place nameZanzibar
Other namesZanzibar region
CountryTanzania
Latitude-6.167
Longitude39.333
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
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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