Stone Town of Zanzibar

World Heritage

United Republic of Tanzania

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Stone Town in Zanzibar is an example of a Swahili coastal trading town in East Africa. It has preserved its urban structure and townscape almost intact, with many fine buildings reflecting its unique culture, which has blended and homogenized different cultural elements from Africa, the Arab region, India and Europe for more than a thousand years.

# East Africa

# Cultural Fusion

# Urban structure

# Swahili Coastal Trade

# Town scenery

# Unique culture

A sketch of stone town showing the old fort and palace from the year 1871 to the year 1875

Art Deco detail of the Cine Afrique in Stone Town

The House of Wonders, now hosting a museum on Swahili culture

Effects of the British naval bombardment of the 1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War

Zanzibari cuisine is sold at the Forodhani gardens

A panorama of Zanzibar, particularly the Stone Town, panorama taken from the Indian Ocean. Seen in ...

Former house converted to People's Bank of Zanzibar after revolution

Stone Town panorama

The old fort as seen from the House of Wonders

The Old Dispensary

A panorama of Zanzibar, particularly the Stone Town, panorama taken from the Indian Ocean. Seen in ...

Map of Zanzibar City by Oscar Baumann, 1892

Aerial view of Stone Town and Stone Town Harbour

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Information extracted from Wikidata

country	Tanzania
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zanzibar%20sultan%20palace.jpg
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Topographic%20map%20of%20Zanzibar-en.svg
instance of	urban area
architectural style	Iranian architecture
architectural style	Swahili culture
architectural style	Islamic architecture
executive body	Stone Town
location of creation	Stone Town
WOEID	1449490
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/02wfp7
Commons category	Stone Town
coordinate location	Point(39.198788888 -6.164944444)
Commons gallery	Stone Town
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stonetown%20TZ%20banner.JPG
WOEID	1449490
category for people born here	Category:Deaths in Siena
area	96
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)

start time	2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	مدينة زنجبار الحجرية
official name	Stone Town of Zanzibar
official name	Ciudad de piedra de Zanzíbar
official name	La ville de pierre de Zanzibar
official name	ザンジバル島のストーン・タウン
official name	Stenen stad Zanzibar
official name	«Каменный город» в Занзибаре
official name	桑给巴尔石头城
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)
area	84.79
applies to part	buffer zone