Zanzibar name given to a group of islands located in the Indian Ocean belonging to Tanzania in East Africa and away from the coast called Tanganyika 35 km (25 miles) and 118 miles from the South Mmbash (Kenya) and 29 miles from north of Dar es Salaam, and 750 miles from Madagascar and 500 miles from the Comoros, and has the power to self-wide, the main islands that form the archipelago of Zanzibar are Ongoja and the island of Pemba and Tumbato and mafia Island (Island mafia is not belonging to the archipelago of Zanzibar, but one of the islands pepper Tanzanian which also includes the islands of Zanzibar Ongoja and Bemba) of 52 Island of islands, of which 27 are distributed around the small island of Pemba, Zanzibar Arabic word distorted origin Barr Zinj, called the big Island (Zanzibar) in Swahili: Ongoja a composite of two words and their meaning Ingo Mansaf came and fullness of its meaning.
It is the largest island Cnamkmsenjabbar or Ongoja is the capital of the "state of Zanzibar" (subsidiary of Tanzania) and called the "grove of East Africa" and has a length of 85 km and width of about 40 km.
Featuring the island of Zanzibar stone their land suitable for the cultivation of rice and acacia and Almhugu, carrots, cereal, where about a million trees cloves, and travels a great river called Moira, which is the largest rivers. The people of this island draws water from the eye Ndajh bubbling in the north of the city, and is said to be the origin of this eye stems from the African mainland Azab then being discharged under the sea that appears in the north of the island.
The island where the second island of Pemba, and called (Green Island) and has a length of approximately 78 kilometers and 23 kilometers displayed land is very fertile and is famous for the cultivation of cloves and coconuts. It is the most rain from Zanzibar and Allen-conditioning. Qrnflha and very in quality and where about three million trees cloves. The sandy soil and not a stone like Ongoja. The other islands are located north of the island of Pemba, such as strength and Ongoma Munguh and Akata and Impala Wanjia Ozzie and Oussoupa and Onjaw, and Avingh and Vunzi and Afqatona and Edmepta and Mungo and Kjambambano and Mkoh and Txoamehrj.
Stone Town "Rock City" is located on the west coast of the island of Ongoja is the capital of the region, the city gained its name from the many buildings and rocky, which is located in the old part of the city, which revolved around many of the stories and anecdotes, was actually built of coral and mortar and not of rock . There are currently approximately 1700 building of the buildings in this part of the city of Stone Town of Zanzibar, was classified in 1100 as a building of which the same architectural semantics. This area contains small, which is originally a peninsula and often become an island in most cases and has an area of 83 square kilometers at a shopping mall and 23 Katdraúatan and more than 50 mosques and 157 Brenda or break session and more than 200 Papa chiseled. Rock City was rated in the city of Zanzibar as a "World Heritage" by the United Nations
Zanzibar entered in Islam by Islamic migrations to the east of the African continent at the end of the first century during the reign of the Umayyad dynasty. And that the Hajjaj bin Yusuf al-Thaqafi in the reign of Caliph Abdul Malik bin Marwan trying to annex Oman to the Umayyad state and was ruled Oman then Brotherhood Suleiman and Said son Julanda has declined to pilgrims sent to Amman large army To turn them by Vathera safety and went out those who followed them from her people to righteousness Zinj East Africa. [2] has been quoted by historians in the light of this historical truth that the Arab presence in Zanzibar preceded the advent of Islam because the departure of the governor of Amman to their number and Atadahma must be based on the existence of an earlier Aomannan where their lives and their money and their parents and before that on their religion.
After this migration by the ruler of Oman began presence of Oman in the island consolidated more and more until it became the rulers of Zanzibar and the islands belonging to the ruling Imams of Oman that came the reign of Sultan Said bin Sultan bin Imam Ahmed Al Busaidi, which opened to Zanzibar page whiter in history, including but AHA of unprecedented interest . The work on strengthening cultural links and consolidated with the east coast of Africa became the state of Oman in the era of Mr. Said bin Sultan (1804-1856 AD) state navigational big influence extends from the coast of Oman to the island of Pemba (Green Island) and Zanzibar on the east coast of Africa.
According to the latest census has a population of Zanzibar about a million people, mostly Muslims (98%) and the rest are Christians and Hindus.
The origins of the Muslims of African origin in addition to returning to Oman, Persia, India and Pakistan.
Residents speak Arabic as an official language in the Covenant of Oman as well as was most of the non-Arab Muslim countries and now has become the language of Zanzibar is Swahili officially beside the English language left behind by the British occupation.
And Muslims in the country is suffering now from poverty and underdevelopment, despite the high proportion of their land and the many treasures.
Status of the population: the craft's first inhabitants are agriculture is the most important crops: -alqrnfel which is famous for its country in all the world, and there was of it between 3 and 4 million trees, making it the first place in the exported globally and the first to introduce the cultivation of which is the Omani Sultan Said bin Sultan - crops, carrots, coconut, mango, Durra - working people of Zanzibar craft fishing How does their islands located entirely in the waters of the Indian Ocean - are active in the country's manufacturing sector dependent on agriculture and private industries, oil and sweets and medicine - and currently booming tourism sector due to the shores of long Island in addition to the beautiful scenery
The economy in Zanzibar on spices, vanilla and cloves and tourism.
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