Here are 20 Facts About the Country of Zanzibar.

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Here are 20 Facts About the Country of Zanzibar.

Here are 20 Facts About the Country of Zanzibar

The etymology of the name zanzibar comes from the Arabic language. The name zanzibar comes from the word zanjibar in arabic.

The meaning of the word is the land of black people, or a similar meaning that refers to the dark skin of the inhabitants of the region. The zanzibar flag design, which is used to this day, was first officially adopted since January 9, 2005. The flag of the region consists of 3 main colors, namely blue, black and green with the national flag of tanzania being in the corner over the flag of zanzibar.

As one of the regions of the country of tanzania, the official currency used in the zanzibar region is tanzania which is encoded with TZS. 1 shiling tanzania if converted to our currency has a value of about 6 rupiah. Zanzibar is actually an informal term used to describe the main island in the zanzibar archipelago plus the 46 small islands around it.

Unguja, is the name of the largest island of these islands, unguja island is what we usually refer to as zanzibar, with the second largest island being pemba. The total land area of the zanzibar region is about 2,462 square kilometers, which if we compare with the area in Indonesia, the area of Zanzibar is almost the size of the morotai island district in the north Maluku province which has an area of 2,476 square kilometers.

Throughout history, the persians, Portuguese, Omani and English have fought for control of the important island. The island region of Zanzibar is seen as a gateway and also a strategic trading center of mainland east Africa. In fact, the sultanate of Oman was the first to trade slaves, cloves, and ivory from mainland East Africa. The anglo-zanzibar war is known as the shortest official war in history.

The war between the united kingdom and the sultanate of zanzibar took place on August 27, 1896. The war began at 9 a.m. and ended 38 minutes after the British military damaged the entire palace by bombing the sultanate's palace. April 26, also known as union day, is a national holiday of Zanzibar.

Tanzania and zanzibar commemorated the founding of modern tanzania through the union of tanganyika and zanzibar on April 26, 1964. The day is usually filled with patriotic speeches by politicians, as well as parades by schoolchildren and local organizations throughout tanzania and zanzibar. One of the largest parades took place in dar es salaam, Tanzania's largest city and is also the former capital of the country.

Zanzibar's autonomous status is seen as comparable to that of Hong Kong as suggested by some scholars, and zanzibar is recognized and earned its nickname as hong kong africa. Zanzibar is a swahili city or also referred to as the oldest kiswahili in the world that still functions to this day. In 1974, zanzibar was the region across Africa that first introduced color television.

Despite being part of the same republic, mainland Tanzania did not introduce television services until about 20 years later, due to challenges from the country's president. The house of wanders building is the largest and tallest building in zanzibar, it is considered a landmark building of Tanzania. Located between the old fortress and the palace museum, this building is one of the important palaces built by barghash bin said who was the second sultan of Zanzibar.

Many people think that stone town is the capital of zanzibar. Actually, the capital of this region is the city of zanzibar or zanzibar city, where the city of stone is located. The stone town is one of the UNESCO world heritage sites since 2000, and is famous for its intricate wood carvings that can be found on the doors of most buildings in the city.

All the carvings are very different in their design, which reflects social, ethnic, and religious status. Some engraving designs feature verses from the Koran. Most of the zanzibar region offers scorching summers and pristine blue skies, which allows tourists to take advantage of its beautiful sandy beaches. Like most east African countries located near the equator, Zanzibar has the same day and night, 12 hours each.

Its two rainy seasons are divided into the short season and the long season, the long rainy season occurs between March and May, and the short rainy season occurs in November and December. Zanzibar is a year-round tourist destination with the average highest temperature during the day between 28°C and 32°C and the lowest night temperature between 20°C and 25°C.

With coral reefs living around the island, Zanzibar is a major diving destination. It has a warm water temperature, with usually excellent visibility, weak ocean currents and has an abundance of colorful fish, all of which contribute to an ideal location for novice divers. Spice farming is a major part of Zanzibar's economy.

The islands are sometimes referred to as the Spice Islands, because of the cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and black pepper grown there. In the past, zanzibar was the largest producer of cloves in the world, but today it only supplies about 7% of the world's cloves. Jozani Forest is one of the best places in zanzibar and the only national park on the island.

This national park is famous as the habitat of the red colobus monkey which is one of the endangered monkey species. With an area of 50 square kilometers, the jozani forest is covered with mama mtondoo and mahogany trees and has more than 100 species of butterflies. Zanzibar is home to the endangered red colobus monkey, the zanzibar servaline genet, and the zanzibar leopard.

All three species of animals are endemic to the zanzibar region and can still be found in lush tropical forests. The zanzibar leopard is already considered an extinct species The vocalist of queen who is a legendary rock band, namely freddie mercury was born in zanzibar in 1946. He was born with the name farroukh bulsara, to this day, fans of the queen often visit the shangani area of zanzibar, where freddie grew up.

The last DICTATORSHIP Country in Europe, This is the Country of Belarus!

The last DICTATORSHIP Country in Europe, This is the Country of Belarus!

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The last DICTATORSHIP Country in Europe, This is the Country of Belarus!

The last DICTATORSHIP Country in Europe, This is the Country of Belarus!

Countries on the continent are often said to be democratic countries. Countries that uphold freedom and human rights. On the occasion of this article, we will discuss about the country that was dubbed the last dictatorship country in Europe.

The country of belarus or also known as belarus, is the name of one of the countries on the european continent. The official name of the country is the republic of belarus.

The republic of belarus is one of the countries in the eastern european region. Belarus is one of the landlocked countries in the region.

The country borders the russian state in the eastern and northeastern parts, with ukraine in the south, poland in the west, and with lithuania and latvia in the northwest. Based on its area, Belarus is the 13th largest country on the continent.

The area of this country covers an area of 207,600 square kilometers, which if forced to be compared with the area in Indonesia, the area of this country is almost half of the area of the island of Sumatra, with an overall area of 443,065 square kilometers.

Geographically, belarus is an inland country, the country stretches in two ecoregions, namely sarmatic mixed forest and central european mixed forest Administratively, the country is divided into 6 provincial areas or what is called oblast. Namely, the provinces of brest gomel, grodno, mogilev, minsk, and vitebsk.

Provinces in belarus are named after the cities that are the center of its administration. The city of minks is the largest city in belarus, which is also the capital of the country. As the capital, the city of minks has a special administrative status as one of the direct national subordinates because it is not included in the oblast or province.

Perhaps if it is equated with the Indonesian region, the minks city area is included as a special area or special region. Belarus is a republican country with a presidential system of government, the country is ruled by a president and a national assembly. The president of belarus has a five-year term.

Under belarus' 1994 constitution, the president can only serve for two terms, but a change in the constitution in 2004 removed the term limit. Alexander lukashenko is the current president of belarus, he has been president of belarus since 1994.

Lukashenko described himself as having an "authoritarian style of governing". because of this style of government, by some media, politicians and writers, belarus is often described as the last dictatorship of Europe.

The population census in 2019, showed the total population of belarus reached 9,413,466 inhabitants. By population numbers, belarus is the 20th most populous country on the continent.

Christianity is the majority religion in the country, overall, about 48.3% of the population is orthodox Christian, 41.1% are nonreligious, 7.1% are Catholic and 3.3% adhere to other religions.

Belarus has two languages that are spoken as the official language of its country, namely Belarusian and Russian. In 2019, the economy of belarus was the economy with the 72nd largest GDP in the world by purchasing power parity or PPP. As part of the former soviet union, belarus has a relatively well developed industrial base. The country managed to maintain its industrial base after the breakup of the USSR, as well as a vast agricultural base and a higher level of education.

Belarus is a developing country with a very high ranking in the human development index. History of belarus The history of belarus or rather the ethnicity of belarus begins with the migration and expansion of slavic peoples through eastern Europe between the 6th and 8th centuries AD. These eastern slavic peoples later settled in the territory of belarus of russia and the territory of present-day ukraine.

The existence of these slavic people assimilated the local baltics who had already lived there first. The ethnicity of modern belarus may have been formed on the basis of three slavic tribes, namely kryvians, drehovians, radzimians as well as some baltic tribes.

In the 9th century, the territory of modern belarus or belarus became part of kievan rus, that is, the vast eastern slavic state ruled by the rurikid dynasty. But after the death of the ruler of kievan rus, the country split into several independent kingdoms.

Between the 9th and 12th centuries, the polotsk kingdom in northern belarus emerged as the dominant center of power in the belarus region while the turau kingdom in the south had a smaller power.

From the 13th to the 15th centuries, the kingdoms were annexed by the grand duchy of Lithuania or the grand duchy of lithuania. In 1386, the grand duchy of Lithuania and the polish kingdom joined in a personal union through the marriage of their rulers.

This union stirred up developments that ultimately resulted in the formation of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth, which was formed in 1569 by the lublin union. As part of lithuania, belarus was incorporated into the commonwealth.

The union between poland and lithuania ended in 1795 with the division of polish territory by the russian empire, prussia, and austria.

In this period, then began a new period in the history of belarus with all its lands annexed by the russian empire. In 1796, under russian rule, belarus was incorporated into the belarusian governorate, the territory of belarus was divided into guberniyas of minsk, vitebsk, mogilyov, and hrodno. The people's republic of belarus was the first attempt to create an independent belarusian state under the name "Belarus".

Despite significant efforts, the state did not survive, especially since the region continued to be dominated by soldiers from the german empire and the imperial army of russia in world war I, In 1919, part of belarus under russian rule emerged as a byelorussian soviet socialist republic or byelorussian SSR.

Soon after this republic merged to form the lithuanian-byelorussian SSR. In 1922, the byelorussian SSR became a founding member of the socialist republic of the USSR. In 1939, nazi germany and the soviet union invaded and occupied poland, marking the start of world war II.

The Soviets invaded and annexed much of eastern Poland, which had been part of the country since the riga peace treaty two decades earlier. Most of the northern part of this area was added to the byelorussian SSR, and is now western Belarusian. Germany and its allies invaded the soviet union in 1941.

During world war II, the Germans attempted to establish their puppet government in belarus. The german occupation in 1941 to 1944 and the war on the eastern front had devastated belarus More than 1.6 million civilians and 620,000 soldiers of the red army of belarus were killed, and the country lost about 25% of its population.

After the end of the world war, belarus was among the 51 founding member states of the charter of the United Nations and therefore the state of belarus was allowed to conduct additional voting at the UN, in addition to the soviet union vote.

Belarus declared itself sovereign on July 27, 1990 by issuing a declaration of sovereignty of the socialist republic of the soviet belarus On August 25, 1991 With the support of the communist party, the belarusians declared full independence from the soviet union by granting a constitutional status that they had not previously had on the declaration of state sovereignty. The name of the country was later changed to the republic of belarus.

In December of the same year, the three supreme soviet leaders of belarus, russia and ukraine met, to formally announce the dissolution of the soviet union and the establishment of a commonwealth of independent states. The country was only fully recognized as a sovereign state on December 26, 1991.

That is a summary of the history of the country of belarus,

The following are facts about the country of Belarus that you should know