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*The population includes people of '''Arab and Indian origin, and small European and Chinese communities'''. Thousands of Arabs and Indians were massacred during the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964. As of 1994, the Asian community numbered 50,000 on the mainland and 4,000 on Zanzibar. An estimated 70,000 Arabs and 10,000 Europeans lived in Tanzania. | *The population includes people of '''Arab and Indian origin, and small European and Chinese communities'''. Thousands of Arabs and Indians were massacred during the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964. As of 1994, the Asian community numbered 50,000 on the mainland and 4,000 on Zanzibar. An estimated 70,000 Arabs and 10,000 Europeans lived in Tanzania. | ||
===Emigration=== | ===Emigration From Tanzania=== | ||
*Claiming the coastal strip, Omani Sultan Said bin Sultan moved his capital to Zanzibar City in 1840. During this time, '''Zanzibar became the centre for the east African slave trade'''. Between 65 and 90 per cent of the Arab-Swahili population of Zanzibar was enslaved. Figures record the exporting of 718,000 slaves from the Swahili coast during the 19th century, and the retention of 769,000 on the coast.mIn the 1890s, slavery was abolished. | *Claiming the coastal strip, Omani Sultan Said bin Sultan moved his capital to Zanzibar City in 1840. During this time, '''Zanzibar became the centre for the east African slave trade'''. Between 65 and 90 per cent of the Arab-Swahili population of Zanzibar was enslaved. Figures record the exporting of 718,000 slaves from the Swahili coast during the 19th century, and the retention of 769,000 on the coast.mIn the 1890s, slavery was abolished. | ||
'''Regions with significant populations'''<br> | '''Regions with significant populations'''<br> | ||