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Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania in East Africa . It is composed of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean , off the coast of the mainland , and consists of many small islands and two large ones Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba . The capital is Zanzibar City , l