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Zanzibar Islands

semi-autonomous part of Tanzania
Organization federated_state Q1774

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
federated state, administrative territorial entity[7]
Native label
Jamhuri ya Watu wa Zanzibar, People's Republic of Zanzibar, زنجبار[25][26][27]

Status and dates

Inception
April 26, 1964[15]

Location

Country
Tanzania, Portuguese Empire, Sultanate of Zanzibar[3][4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -5.900°, 39.300°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Tanzania[2]
More facts +14
Anthem
Mungu ibariki Afrika[12]
Area
+2461[29]
Capital
Zanzibar City[8]
Continent
Africa[6]
Currency
East African rupee[11]
Demonym
Zanzibari, Zanzibarano, Zanzibarec, Zanzibarka[21][22][23][24]
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, The Catholic Encyclopedia, The New Student's Reference Work[17][18][19]
Different from
Zinjibar[28]
Flag
flag of Zanzibar[13]
Head of government
Ali Mohamed Shein[5]
Located in time zone
East Africa Time[14]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata East Africa Time GeoNames Africa/Dar_es_Salaam edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Official language
English, Swahili[9][10]
Population
+1503569[16]
Present in work
Civilization V[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Zanzibar Islands ar زنجبار ar زنزيبار cs Zanzibar de Sansibar el Ζανζιβάρη es Zanzibar es Zanzíbar fa زنگبار he זנזיבר hi जंजीबार hi ज़ांज़ीबार hu Zanzibár id Kepulauan Zanzibar ja ザンジバル ko 잔지바르 nl Unguja ru Занзибар ru Народная Республика Занзибар th แซนซิบาร์
🔖 Identifiers · 57
VIAF cluster ID
312799169
Library of Congress authority ID
n80121277
GND ID
4051641-6
ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID
294945385
ArchINFORM location ID
6156
BBC News topic ID
c40rjmqdq38t
BIBSYS ID
13009907
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11953030j
Booru tag
zanzibar
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
sansibar-30
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10292418
Comic Vine ID
4020-60860
Show all 57 identifiers +45
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
42558
Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists ID
8FLE
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Zanzibar-island-Tanzania, place/Zanzibar-Tanzania
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
zanzibar
FAST ID
1250037
Freebase ID
/m/088tv
GeoNames ID
148729
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 148729 GND (DNB) 148730 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m088tv
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Zanzibar
Grove Art Online ID
T2082309
IdRef ID
027505405
KBpedia ID
Zanzibar
Le Figaro tag ID
Zanzibar
Lex ID
Zanzibar
Libris-URI
wt79dqxf2t76j0d
Museum-digital place ID
20131
NDL Authority ID
00574576
Namuwiki ID
잔지바르
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/0E97FADB-CA99-48BF-9519-7624AFADDB9D
National Library of Brazil ID
000104624
National Library of Iceland ID
000076859
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001145498
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007557220605171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX451733
Nomisma ID
zanjibar
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
376655
OpenStreetMap relation ID
3775035
Our Campaigns container ID
236794
PM20 geo code
C115
Postimees topic ID
53659
Quora topic ID
Zanzibar
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
zengibar
Topic's main category
Category:Zanzibar
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
zanzibar
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10038256
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
95368
UNBIS Thesaurus ID
1007122
Vatican Library VcBA ID
497/21994
Wellcome Collection concept ID
u338ce64
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09057933-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjhDR8RBFCKjfB4yt3CwC
YSA ID
Y105999
YSO ID
105999
Yale LUX ID
concept/9a6eb3f7-d383-4510-bb20-a774817314ed
Yle topic ID
18-265681

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 16
Zanzibar Archipelago, Pemba Island, Unguja, Unguja North Region, Mjini Magharibi Region, Unguja South Region, Zanzibar Football Association, Kizimkazi Mosque +8 more
← Category combines topics 16
Category:History of Zanzibar, Category:Geography of Zanzibar, Category:Sport in Zanzibar, Category:Politics of Zanzibar, Category:1896 in Zanzibar, Category:Populated places in Zanzibar, Category:Buildings and structures in Zanzibar, Category:Islands of Zanzibar +8 more
People born here 15
Tippu Tip, Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Busaidi, Khalid bin Barghash Al Busaidi, Ali bin Hamud Al Busaidi, Lubaina Himid, Adi Yussuf, Rajab Hamza, Aggrey Morris +7 more
← Headquarters location 8
Zanzibar Premier League, JKU FC, Miembeni S.C., ZanAir, Jamhuri FC, Chuoni FC, Polisi SC, Zimamoto FC
People who died here 7
Hamad bin Thuwaini Al Busaidi, Hamoud bin Mohammed Al Busaidi, Barghash bin Said Al Busaidi, Richard Brenner, Abdullah Kassim Hanga, Edward Steere, Lloyd Mathews
Things located in country 5
Zanzibar Revolution, House of Wonders, Popobawa, 1990 CECAFA Cup, Mapinduzi Cup
Located in this place 4
Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park, Zanzibar International Film Festival, Massacre of Arabs during the Zanzibar Revolution, slavery in Zanzibar
← Applies to jurisdiction 3
flag of Zanzibar, President of Zanzibar, House of Representatives
Country 2
Tanzania, Portuguese Empire
Instance of 2
administrative territorial entity, federated state
Official language 2
English, Swahili
← Country for sport 2
Zanzibar national football team, Zanzibar women's national football team
← Located in/on physical feature 2
Category:Zanzibari people, Christ Church, Zanzibar
← Replaced by 2
Sultanate of Zanzibar, People's Republic of Zanzibar
Anthem 1
Mungu ibariki Afrika
Capital 1
Zanzibar City
Citizens 1
Khamis Mcha Khamis
Continent 1
Africa
Currency 1
East African rupee
Described by source 1
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Different from 1
Zinjibar
Flag 1
flag of Zanzibar
Head of government 1
Ali Mohamed Shein
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Tanzania
Located in time zone 1
East Africa Time
Named after 1
Tanzania
Present in work 1
Civilization V
Topic's main category 1
Category:Zanzibar
← Basin country 1
Sea of Zanj
← Capital of 1
Zanzibar City
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Zanzibar
← Country of registry 1
HHS Glasgow
← EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
Uganda
← Facet of 1
Islam in Zanzibar
← Filming location 1
A Hotel Called Memory
← Indigenous to 1
Zanzibari cuisine
← Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 1
People's Republic of Zanzibar
← Location of formation 1
Order of Hamondieh
← Main subject 1
Template:Country data Zanzibar
← Narrative location 1
Livingstone I Presume
← PersonalData.IO ID 1
World Trade Organization
← Place of burial 1
Said bin Sultan Al Busaidi
← SNARC ID 1
Lancaster
← Work location 1
Arthur Cornwallis Madan
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Summary

Zanzibar Islands is a federated state[1].

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Zanzibar Islands include Tanzania[30], a republic[31], in Tanzania[32], founded in 1964[33].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Tanzania[30], a republic[31], in Tanzania[32], founded in 1964[33].

Related Entities

Abdulrahman Al-Sumait University flag of Zanzibar Lancaster Pemba Island Tanzania Tippu Tip Uganda Unguja Zanzibar City Zinjibar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Population → {'amount': '+1503569'}
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