Stone Town
Stone Town is the main city on Zanzibar. It is a city of prominent historical and artistic importance in East Africa. Its architecture, mostly dating back to the 19th century, reflects the diverse influences underlying the Swahili culture, with a unique mixture of Moorish, Arab, Persian, Indian and European elements.Photo: Mbz1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
House of Wonders
Photo: Moongateclimber, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The House of Wonders or Palace of Wonders is a landmark building in Stone Town, Zanzibar.
Old Dispensary
Photo: Moongateclimber, Public domain.
The Old Dispensary, also known as Ithnashiri Dispensary, is a historical building in Stone Town, Zanzibar.
Hamamni Persian Baths
The Hamamni Persian Baths is located in a historical building of Stone Town, Zanzibar.Localities in the Area
Michenzani
Photo: Loranchet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Michenzani is a large neighbourhood of Ng'ambo, the more modern part of Zanzibar City in Tanzania.
Ng'ambo
Ng'ambo is one of the two main parts comprising Zanzibar City, the capital of Zanzibar, the other being the historical Stone Town.Stone Town
- Type: Suburb
- Description: capital town of Zanzibar
- Categories: city, urban area and locality
- Location: Mkunazini, Zanzibar City, Zanzibar Urban/West, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-6.1627° or 6° 9' 46" southLongitude
39.19° or 39° 11' 24" eastElevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open Location Code
6G5XR5PR+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 27252361OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
149734Wikidata ID
Q844417Stone Town Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Stone Town
- Arabic: زنجبار القديمة
- Arabic: ستون تون
- Arabic: مدينة زنجبار الحجرية
- Armenian: Քարե քաղաք
- Asturian: Stone Town
- Avaric: Stone Town
- Azerbaijani: Stoun Taun
- Basque: Harrizko Hiria
- Bengali: প্রস্তর নগরী
- Bengali: স্টোন টাউন
- Bulgarian: Каменен град
- Burmese: ကျောက်တုံးမြို့
- Catalan: Stone Town
- Chinese: 桑吉巴石頭城
- Chinese: 桑給巴爾石頭城
- Chinese: 桑给巴尔石头城
- Chinese: 石頭城
- Czech: Kamenné Město
- Czech: Stone Town
- Danish: Stone Town
- Dutch: Stone Town
- Esperanto: Ŝtonurbo
- Finnish: Kivikaupunki
- Finnish: Stone Town
- French: La ville de pierre de Zanzibar
- French: Stone Town
- Georgian: მჯი-მკონგვე
- Georgian: სტოუნ-ტაუნი
- Georgian: სტოუნ ტაუნი
- German: Stone Town
- Greek: Στόουν Τάουν
- Hausa: Garin Dutse
- Hebrew: זנזיבר טאון
- Hebrew: סטון טאון
- Hungarian: Stone Town
- Indonesian: Kota Batu (Zanzibar)
- Italian: Stone Town
- Japanese: ザンジバル島のストーン・タウン
- Japanese: ストーン・タウン
- Korean: 스톤타운
- Kotava: Stone Town
- Lithuanian: Stountaunas
- Malayalam: സ്റ്റോൺ ടൗൺ
- Nepali: जन्जिबारको ढुङ्गा सहर
- Norwegian: Steinbyen på Zanzibar
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mji Mkongwe
- Norwegian Bokmål: Steinbyen på Zanzibar
- Norwegian Bokmål: Stonetown
- Norwegian Bokmål: Stone town
- Occitan (post 1500): Stone Town
- Persian: شهر سنگی زنگبار
- Polish: Kamienne Miasto
- Polish: Stone Town
- Polish: Zanzibar
- Portuguese: Cidade de Pedra
- Portuguese: Cidade de Pedra de Zanzibar
- Portuguese: Stone Town
- Romanian: Stone Town
- Russian: Каменный город
- Russian: Стоунтаун
- Serbian: Стоун Таун
- Slovenian: Stone Town
- Spanish: Ciudad de piedra de Zanzibar
- Spanish: Ciudad de piedra de Zanzíbar
- Spanish: Stone Town
- Swahili: Mji Mkongwe
- Swahili: Wilaya ya Mjini Unguja
- Swahili: Wilaya ya Unguja Mjini
- Swedish: Mji Mkongwe
- Swedish: Stone Town
- Swedish: Zanzibars stenstad
- Tajik: Шаҳри сангӣ
- Thai: สโตนทาวน์
- Turkish: Stone Town
- Ukrainian: Кам'яне місто
- Urdu: اسٹون ٹاؤن
- Urdu: سٹون ٹاؤن
- Urdu: شہر سنگ زنجبار
- Vietnamese: Thị trấn Đá Zanzibar
- Waray (Philippines): Stone Town
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Stone Town. Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 3.0.