Zanzibar City

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|image1 = Zanzibar Slave Market, 1860 - Stocqueler.JPG

|caption1 = Slave market in Zanzibar city in 1860

|image2 = British Agency, Zanzibar, 1872.jpg

|caption2 = British Agency Building, 1872

|image3 = Zanzibar Museum, A C Gomes and Sons, Humphrey Winterton Collection, Northwestern University, USA, around 1890.jpg

|caption3 = Zanzibar museum, 1890.

|image4 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R07081, Sansibar, Stadt.jpg

|caption4 = Zanzibar in 1920

|image5 = Stamp of Zanzibar - 1964 - Colnect 835432 - Hands breaking chain and cloves.jpeg

|caption5 = Zanzibar freedom stamp 1964

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In 1592, the first English ship arrived in port. In 1824, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman established the capital of his kingdom in the city.Britannica,

[https://www.britannica.com/place/Zanzibar-Tanzania Zanzibar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714092000/https://www.britannica.com/place/Zanzibar-Tanzania |date=July 14, 2020 }}, Encyclopædia Britannica, USA. Retrieved January 5, 2020 The city was a high place of slavery, one of the main ports of East Africa for the slave trade. The famous slave trader Tippu Tip lived there. In 1846, the island had 360,000 enslaved for 450,000 inhabitants. In 1866, the British explorer David Livingstone (1813–1873) stayed in Zanzibar to prepare his last expedition to Tanzania. In 1892, Zanzibar was declared a free port.

Zanzibar City has a tropical climate, very similar to whole Unguja island, and slightly hotter than what is found in Pemba. This climate is classified as a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). The average temperature in Zanzibar City is {{cvt|26.9|C|F}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1512|mm|in}}. The monthly average temperatures are usually between {{cvt|25.1|and|28.8|C|F}}. There are two rain seasons, with most rainfall coming between March and May and smaller rain season coming between November and December. Drier months are January - February, and a longer drier season between June and October.

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|location = Zanzibar City (1991–2020)

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|Jan high C = 32.6

|Feb high C = 33.2

|Mar high C = 32.5

|Apr high C = 30.6

|May high C = 29.7

|Jun high C = 29.3

|Jul high C = 29.0

|Aug high C = 29.4

|Sep high C = 30.4

|Oct high C = 31.2

|Nov high C = 31.0

|Dec high C = 31.8

|year high C = 30.9

|Jan mean C = 28.5

|Feb mean C = 28.5

|Mar mean C = 28.4

|Apr mean C = 27.4

|May mean C = 26.6

|Jun mean C = 25.9

|Jul mean C = 25.3

|Aug mean C = 25.2

|Sep mean C = 25.7

|Oct mean C = 26.5

|Nov mean C = 27.1

|Dec mean C = 28.0

|Jan low C = 24.5

|Feb low C = 24.3

|Mar low C = 24.5

|Apr low C = 24.5

|May low C = 23.8

|Jun low C = 22.9

|Jul low C = 22.1

|Aug low C = 21.1

|Sep low C = 21.0

|Oct low C = 22.0

|Nov low C = 23.1

|Dec low C = 24.0

|year low C = 23.1

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 73.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 50.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 176.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 408.5

|May precipitation mm = 297.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 51.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 30.8

|Aug precipitation mm = 37.7

|Sep precipitation mm = 36.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 115.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 201.3

|Dec precipitation mm = 167.7

|year precipitation mm = 1649.5

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 5.6

| Feb precipitation days = 3.6

| Mar precipitation days = 11.0

| Apr precipitation days = 17.5

| May precipitation days = 13.8

| Jun precipitation days = 5.3

| Jul precipitation days = 4.3

| Aug precipitation days = 6.0

| Sep precipitation days = 5.1

| Oct precipitation days = 6.9

| Nov precipitation days = 13.7

| Dec precipitation days = 12.2

| year precipitation days = 105.0

|source = NOAA{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230917052732/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Tanzania/CSV/ZANZIBAR_63870.csv

| archive-date = 17 September 2023

| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Tanzania/CSV/ZANZIBAR_63870.csv

| title = Zanzibar Climate Normals 1991–2020

| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = 17 September 2023}}

|source 2 = Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)

{{cite web

| url = https://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/tcc/tcc/products/climate/normal/parts/NrmMonth_e.php?stn=63870

| title = Normals Data: Zanzibar/Kisauni - Tanzania Latitude: 6.22°N Longitude: 39.22°E Height: 15 (m)

| publisher = Japan Meteorological Agency

| access-date = 1 December 2022}}}}

File:Plan der Stadt Sansibar - Map of Zanzibar - Oscar Baumann.jpg, 1892.]]

The places of worship in the city are predominantly Muslim mosques.Britannica,

[https://www.britannica.com/place/Tanzania Tanzania] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118092659/https://www.britannica.com/place/Tanzania |date=January 18, 2020 }}, Encyclopædia Britannica, USA. Retrieved January 5, 2020 There are also Christian churches and temples: Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar (Catholic Church), Anglican Church of Tanzania (Anglican Communion), Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (Lutheran World Federation), Baptist Convention of Tanzania (Baptist World Alliance), Assemblies of God.

File:Old Dispensary, Stone Town in 2021.jpg

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area for Zanzibar City District had ten of the nineteen constituencies in the region:{{Cite web|title=Organisations located in Zanzibar City - Tanzania |publisher=African Development Information |url=http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/lor/lor_2149.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904153954/http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/lor/lor_2149.html |archivedate=2012-09-04 }}

• Amani Constituency
• Chumbuni Constituency
• Jangombe Constituency
• Kikwajuni Constituency
• Kwahani Constituency
• Kwamtipura Constituency
• Magomeni Constituency
• Mji Mkongwe Constituency
• Mpendae Constituency
• Rahaleo Constituency

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|caption1 = Old Fort in Zanzibar City

|image2 = Zanzibar Boys on a bike.jpg

|caption2 = Children playing in Zanzibar city

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The Zanzibar Urban District is administratively divided into 45 wards:National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania (web).

As of 2012, Mjini District was administratively divided into 20 wards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.postalcodeinfo.com/tanzania/counties-kusini_-zanzibar_south-4|title=Mjini District}}

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1. Amani
2. Chumbuni
3. Jang'ombe
4. Kikwajuni
5. Kilimahewa
6. Kwaalinathoo
7. Kwahani
8. Kwamtipura
9. Magomeni

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1. Makadara
2. Mchangani
3. Meya
4. Miembeni
5. Mkele
6. Mkunazini
7. Mpandae
8. Muungano
9. Mwembe Makumbi
10. Nyerere
11. Rahaleo

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|image1 = NIE 1905 Africa - Zanzibar Type East Africa.jpg

|caption1 = Zanzibari Man, 1905.

|image2 = The children of the Sultan of Zanzibar protected by two palace guards.jpg

|caption2 = The children of the Sultan of Zanzibar were protected by two palace guards in 1884

|image3 = Zanzibar woman.jpg

|caption3 = Swahili woman in Zanzibar early 20th century.

|image4 = A Swahili of Zanzibar.png

|caption4 = Swahili man in Zanzibar early 20th century.

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|||1870|70,000|1910|35,262|1948|47,284|1958|49,502|1968|68,490|1978|110,669|1988|167,318|||2002|205,870|2012|223,033|2022|219,007|align = none|footnote = |cols = 2}}

• Timeline of Zanzibar City
• 2008 Zanzibar power blackout
• Stone Town
• Michenzani
• Zanzibar University

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{{See also|Timeline of Zanzibar City#Bibliography|l1=Bibliography of the history of Zanzibar City}}

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• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Zanzibar (seaport)|display=Zanzibar, an East African seaport |short=x}}

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