Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Stone Town of Zanzibar' has mentioned 'Town' in the following places:
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| A town and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tanzania, Africa | WIKI |
| Stone Town of Zanzibar (Arabic: xd9x85xd8xafxd9x8axd9x86xd8xa9 xd8xb2xd9x86xd8xacxd8xa8xd8xa7xd8xb1 xd8xa7xd9x84xd8xadxd8xacxd8xb1xd9x8axd8xa9xe2x80x8e), also known as Mji Mkongwe (Swahili for "old town"), is the old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar, in Tanzania. | WIKI |
| For this reason, the town was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. | WIKI |
| Since most streets are too narrow for cars, the town is crowded with bicycles and motorbikes. | WIKI |
| The name "Stone Town" comes from the ubiquitous use of coral stone as the main construction material; this stone gives the town a characteristic, reddish warm colour. | WIKI |
| While Stone Town was included in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites in 2000, this designation does not provide complete protection for the town's heritage. | WIKI |
| Shangani, the original fishing town that developed into Stone Town, was a small, largely unimportant Swahili site founded in the 11th century. | WIKI |
| While much of Zanzibar Town's architecture was rebuilt during Omani rule, nearby sites elucidate the general development of Swahili, and Zanzibari, architecture before the 15th century. | WIKI |
| The increase in the Arab population on the island facilitated further growth and more buildings began to spring up in the town. | WIKI |
| [14] In the same period, several immigrant communities from Oman, Persia and India formed as a consequence of the town's intense commercial activity. | WIKI |
| Though the town previously had a small railway the British constructed a railway from the Town to Bububu village. | WIKI |
| The British did not fund major developments in the town and allowed the sultan to manage the islands affairs from stone town. | WIKI |
| The streets in Stone Town are very narrow and almost getting anywhere within the town must be done on foot. | WIKI |
| The narrow streets provide shade and almost everything is accessible from within the town. | WIKI |
| The town is accessible from Zanzibar and the rest of the region through three possible ports of entry. | WIKI |
| The main Zanzibar island harbour is in the heart of Stone Town and regular ferries from Dar es Salaam and Pemba connect the town to the mainland. | WIKI |
| [34] The town is also in close proximity to the Island's major airport. | WIKI |
| xc2xa0Located on a promontory jutting out from the western side of Unguja island into the Indian Ocean, the Stone Town of Zanzibar is an outstanding example of a Swahili trading town. | UNESCO |
| This type of town developed on the coast of East Africa, further expandedxc2xa0 xc2xa0under Arab, Indian, and European influences, but retained its indigenous elements, to form an urban cultural unit unique to this region. | UNESCO |
| The buildings of the Stone Town, executed principally in coralline ragstone and mangrove timber, set in a thick lime mortar and then plastered and lime-washed, reflect a complex fusion of Swahili, Indian, Arab and European influences in building traditions and town planning. | UNESCO |
| The outstanding universal value of the property resides in the character of the assemblage of blocks (cluster) and buildings, the layout of the Town including the relationship of buildings to the open spaces, streets, roads and gardens, the character of the littoral edge viewed from the sea, and the nature of access to the sea from the land. | UNESCO |
| The ensemble of the town largely preserves its historic urban fabric and landscape. | UNESCO |
| The materials and the skills of construction used in the town are still widely used in the Zanzibar archipelago and the Swahili coastal zone. | UNESCO |
| Traditional materials and construction techniques are still being employed to a large extent, though there is growing competition from modern materials, designs, and techniques.The continuity of traditional uses of most of the buildings in the historic town as residential and commercial space maintains the town as an important administrative and economic centre of the archipelago. | UNESCO |
| The Town and Country Planning act of 1955 also provides a clause to protect historically important houses. | UNESCO |
| The Stone Town has been protected as a conservation area since 1985, under the Town and Country Planning Act of 1955. | UNESCO |
| xc2xa0The Stone Town is not only an historic living town but also a commercial and socio-cultural centre of the Zanzibar Archipelago. | UNESCO |
| Tourist development since 1990 is an important factor in the development pressure on the town. | UNESCO |
| Nevertheless, an integrated and sustainable conservation and development approaches are urgently needed in order to develop practical sustainable management strategies to ensure that the overall coherence of the town and its highly distinctive town planning, architecture and traditional methods and materials of construction are sustained. | UNESCO |