Sardinia is an island of Italy located in the Mediterranean sea, whereas Zanzibar is an insular autonomous region of the country of Tanzania. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Sardinia and Zanzibar regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Sardinia bigger than Zanzibar?
The total area of Sardinia is 24,090 sq km, and the total area of Zanzibar is 2,462 sq km. Sardinia is bigger than Zanzibar by 21,628 sq km. Sardinia is around 9.8 times bigger than Zanzibar.
Area of Sardinia: 24,090 sq mi ( 9,300 km2 )
Area of Zanzibar: 951 sq mi ( 2,462 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Sardinia as of 2019 was estimated to be around 1.64 Million.
Based on Wikipedia, the total population of Zanzibar as of 2012 Census was estimated to be around 1,503,569.
Here is some more data comparison between Sardinia and Zanzibar.
The capital city of Sardinia is Cagliari, and the capital city of Zanzibar is Zanzibar City.
Official Languages
Sardinia: Italian
Zanzibar: Swahili, Arabic, English
Human Development Index
HDI of Sardinia as of 2018: 0.858
HDI of Zanzibar as of 2018: 0.720
Sardinia Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Zanzibar Timezone:
UTC + 3 (Co-ordinated Universal Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Sardinia:
40° 0′ 0″ N, 9° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Zanzibar:
6° 8′ 0″ S, 39° 19′ 0″ E
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