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# Stone Town of Zanzibar
Zanzibar City · Tanzania

UNESCO cultural World Heritage, inscribed in 2000.

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City / localityZanzibar City

Country / geographic scopeTanzania

Place typeCities

Point coordinates-6.16306, 39.18917

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## UNESCO World Heritage
Stone Town of Zanzibar

Cultural · Inscription: 2000

[Read the UNESCO entry ↗](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/173/)

## Sources and accuracy
[Reference 1 · whc.unesco.org ↗](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/173/)

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