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2 Politics

Although Zanzibar is part of Tanzania, it elects its own president who is head of government for matters internal to the island. Amani Abeid Karume was elected to that office on October 29 2000.

It also has its own House of Representatives (with 50 seats, directly elected by universal suffrage to serve five-year terms) to make laws especially for Zanzibar.

3 United Nations

Zanzibar was a member of the United Nations from December 16 1963 until it joined with Tanganyika in April 1964 to create Tanzania.

4 Viziers

• Sir Lloyd William Matthews , ( 1890 - 1901)
• A.S. Rogers , ( 1901 - 1906)
• Arthue Raikes , ( 1906 - 1908)
• Francis Barton , ( 1906 - 1913)

5 British Residents

• Francis Pearce , ( 1913 - 1922)
• John Sinclair, ( 1922 - 1923)
• Alfred Hollis , ( 1923 - 1929)
• Richard Rankine , ( 1929 - 1937)
• John Hall , ( 1937 - 1940)
• Henry Pilling , ( 1940 - 1946)
• Vincent Glenday , 1946 - 1951)
• John Rankine, ( 1952 - 1954)
• Henry Potter , 1954 - 1959)
• Arthur Mooring, ( 1959 - 1963)

The musician Farrokh Bulsara (a.k.a Freddie Mercury) of Queen was born in Zanzibar in 1946.

6 Culture

Zanzibar has a fascinating history influenced by Persians, Arabs, Muslims, the Portuguese and the mainland. Stone Town is a place of winding lanes, circular towers, carved wooden doors, raised terraces and beautiful mosques. Important architectural features are the Livingstone house, the Guliani Bridge, and the House of Wonders, a palace constructed by Sultan Barghash in 1883.

Zanzibar has recently outlawed homosexual sex. The penality for lesbian intercourse is a maximum of seven years. For gay intercourse the penalty is a maximum of 25 years.

7 Miscellaneous

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

8 External links

• Zanzibar Banknotes

9 See also

For the fictional setting of the game , see Zanzibar Land.

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