Zanzibar

E73708

archipelago historic city historical sultanate semi-autonomous region

Zanzibar is a historically significant island and port off the coast of East Africa that became a key hub for Indian Ocean trade, particularly in spices, ivory, and slaves.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Zanzibar canonical	43
Zanzibar Archipelago	4
Pemba Island	2
Unguja	2
People’s Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba	1
Stone Town of Zanzibar	1
Zanzibar City	1
Zanzibar Sultanate (historically)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ historic city ⓘ historical sultanate ⓘ semi-autonomous region ⓘ
capital	Zanzibar City ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
colonialPower	Omani Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
contains	Zanzibar City ⓘ surface form: Stone Town
country	Tanzania ⓘ
currency	Tanzanian shilling ⓘ
date	1964 ⓘ
dateOfUnion	1964 ⓘ
economySector	fishing ⓘ spice production ⓘ tourism ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ Shirazi ⓘ Swahili people ⓘ
existedFrom	1856 ⓘ
existedUntil	1964 ⓘ
formerCapitalOf	Sultanate of Zanzibar ⓘ
formerStatus	British protectorate ⓘ Sultanate of Zanzibar ⓘ surface form: Omani sultanate
hasExecutiveHead	President of Zanzibar ⓘ
hasHistoricBuildingType	coral stone houses ⓘ
hasLegislature	House of Representatives of Zanzibar ⓘ
hasMainIsland	Zanzibar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pemba Island Zanzibar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Unguja
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Swahili
historicalRole	center of the East African slave trade ⓘ key port on monsoon trade routes ⓘ major Indian Ocean trading hub ⓘ
knownFor	Swahili culture ⓘ clove production ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ ivory trade ⓘ slave trade ⓘ spice trade ⓘ
locatedIn	Indian Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	East Africa ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ
notableEvent	Zanzibar Revolution ⓘ
partOf	Tanzania ⓘ surface form: United Republic of Tanzania
religionMajority	Islam ⓘ
resultingState	Tanzania ⓘ surface form: United Republic of Tanzania
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	true ⓘ
unionWith	Tanganyika ⓘ
usesMonsoonWinds	Indian Ocean trade ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Ocean trade network → majorPort → Zanzibar ⓘ

Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Zanzibar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zanzibar City

Ibadi Islam → majorContemporaryCenter → Zanzibar ⓘ

East African Community → formerMemberState → Zanzibar ⓘ

Tanzania → formedByUnionOf → Zanzibar ⓘ

Tanzania → hasRegion → Zanzibar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unguja

Tanzania → hasRegion → Zanzibar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pemba Island

Tanzania → hasWorldHeritageSite → Zanzibar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stone Town of Zanzibar

Kiunguja → spokenIn → Zanzibar ⓘ

Kiunguja → primaryRegion → Zanzibar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zanzibar Archipelago

Kiunguja → standardizationCenter → Zanzibar ⓘ

Kiunguja → languageOf → Zanzibar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zanzibar Sultanate (historically)

Zanzibar → hasMainIsland → Zanzibar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unguja

Zanzibar → hasMainIsland → Zanzibar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pemba Island

Abdulrazak Gurnah → placeOfBirth → Zanzibar ⓘ

Zanzibar Revolution → country → Zanzibar ⓘ

Zanzibar Revolution → location → Zanzibar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zanzibar Archipelago

Zanzibar Revolution → ledTo → Zanzibar ⓘ

this entity surface form: People’s Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba

Tanzanian shilling → usedIn → Zanzibar ⓘ

Tanganyika → unitedWith → Zanzibar ⓘ

Tanganyika → unionPartner → Zanzibar ⓘ

Baraza la Kiswahili Zanzibar (BAKIZA) → jurisdiction → Zanzibar ⓘ

subject surface form: Baraza la Kiswahili Zanzibar

Baraza la Kiswahili Zanzibar (BAKIZA) → locatedIn → Zanzibar ⓘ

subject surface form: Baraza la Kiswahili Zanzibar

Baraza la Kiswahili Zanzibar (BAKIZA) → locatedIn → Zanzibar ⓘ

subject surface form: Baraza la Kiswahili Zanzibar

this entity surface form: Zanzibar Archipelago

Baraza la Kiswahili Zanzibar (BAKIZA) → focusRegion → Zanzibar ⓘ

subject surface form: Baraza la Kiswahili Zanzibar

Zanzibar City → capitalOf → Zanzibar ⓘ

Zanzibar City → partOf → Zanzibar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zanzibar Archipelago

Precision Air → cityServed → Zanzibar ⓘ

mainland Tanzania → excludes → Zanzibar ⓘ

mainland Tanzania → sharesGovernmentWith → Zanzibar ⓘ

Omani people → historicalInfluenceRegion → Zanzibar ⓘ

King's African Rifles → recruitedFrom → Zanzibar ⓘ

Swahili people → nativeTo → Zanzibar ⓘ

Halo 2 → multiplayerMap → Zanzibar ⓘ

COSAFA → memberCountry → Zanzibar ⓘ

52nd Street → hasPart → Zanzibar ⓘ

Zuchu → placeOfBirth → Zanzibar ⓘ

Omani Empire → hasPart → Zanzibar ⓘ

Omani Empire → notablePort → Zanzibar ⓘ

House of Representatives of Zanzibar → locatedIn → Zanzibar ⓘ

House of Representatives of Zanzibar → hasJurisdiction → Zanzibar ⓘ

House of Representatives of Zanzibar → hasElectoralConstituenciesIn → Zanzibar ⓘ

President of Zanzibar → appliesToJurisdiction → Zanzibar ⓘ

President of Zanzibar → headOfGovernmentFor → Zanzibar ⓘ

President of Zanzibar → chiefExecutiveOf → Zanzibar ⓘ

President of Zanzibar → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Zanzibar ⓘ

Shirazi → historicalRegion → Zanzibar ⓘ

Chama Cha Mapinduzi → operatesIn → Zanzibar ⓘ

Abdulrazak → placeOfBirth → Zanzibar ⓘ

subject surface form: Abdulrazak Gurnah