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.