Stone Town

old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar, in Tanzania
City city Q844417
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Stone Town

Summary

Stone Town is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,256 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stone Town is located in Mjini Magharibi Region[3].
  • Stone Town is located in Mjini District[4].
  • Stone Town is in the country of Tanzania[5].
  • Stone Town's image is recorded as Topographic map of Zanzibar-en.svg[6].
  • Stone Town's image is recorded as Zanzibar sultan palace.jpg[7].
  • Stone Town's image is recorded as Stone Town, Zanzibar, 2021, 46.jpg[8].
  • Stone Town's instance of is recorded as city[9].
  • Stone Town's instance of is recorded as urban area[10].
  • Stone Town's architectural style is recorded as Swahili culture[11].
  • Stone Town's architectural style is recorded as architecture of Iran[12].
  • Stone Town's architectural style is recorded as Islamic architecture[13].
  • Stone Town's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144299608[14].
  • Stone Town's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84165439[15].
  • Stone Town's part of is recorded as Zanzibar City[16].
  • Stone Town's Commons category is recorded as Stone Town[17].
  • Stone Town's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5974457[18].
  • Stone Town's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -6.1649444444444, 'lon': 39.198788888889}[19].
  • Stone Town's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wfp7[20].
  • Stone Town's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Unguja[21].
  • Stone Town's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 173rev[22].
  • Stone Town's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stone Town[23].
  • Stone Town's Commons gallery is recorded as Stone Town[24].
  • Stone Town's page banner is recorded as Stonetown TZ banner.JPG[25].
  • Stone Town's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 71b1aedf-a1ad-4eb6-83a0-57134c8b34e2[26].
  • Stone Town's WOEID is recorded as 1449490[27].

Body

Geography

Stone Town is in the country of Tanzania[5]. Located in include Mjini Magharibi Region[3], a region of Tanzania[28], in Tanzania[29] and Mjini District[4], a district of Tanzania[30], in Tanzania[31]. Its part of is recorded as Zanzibar City[16].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+96'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+84.79'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[9] and urban area[10]. Stone Town's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[34].

Why It Matters

Stone Town ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,256 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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