Zanzibar City (tza)

Zanzibar City

Zanzibar City ranks 6,918th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mahajanga, Uitgeest, and Forquilhinha. Memorable people born in Zanzibar City include Abdulrazak Gurnah, and Amani Abeid Karume. Memorable people who died in Zanzibar City include Abeid Karume. Zanzibar City has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians. Zanzibar City is located in Tanzania.

Zanzibar City or Mjini District, often simply referred to as Zanzibar is one of two administrative districts of Mjini Magharibi Region in Tanzania. The district covers an area of 15.4 km2 (5.9 sq mi). The district is comparable in size to the land area of Nauru. The district has a water border to the west by the Indian Ocean. The district is bordered to the east by Magharibi District. The district seat is in Stonetown. The city is the largest on the island of Zanzibar. It is located on the west coast of Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, north of the much larger city of Dar es Salaam across the Zanzibar Channel. The city also serves as the capital of the Zanzibar Urban/West Region. In 2022 its population was 219,007. Read more on Wikipedia