Amaan Stadium
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Amaan Stadium (also spelled Amani) is a football stadium in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 15,000 people.[1]
The stadium was the location of a ceremony uniting the Afro-Shirazi Party and the Tanganyika African National Union into the Chama cha Mapinduzi. The flags of the respective parties were raised and lowered for the last time with the flag of the Chama cha Mapinduzi then being raised. The ceremony took place on February 5, 1997.[2][3] Amani Abeid Karume was sworn in as president of Zanzibar on November 8, 2000.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Amaan Stadium". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. http://www.soccerway.com/venues/zanzibar/amaan-stadium/. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Africa". Africa Journal (65-70): 10. 1997. http://books.google.com/books?ei=d-pGTsnMNNHTiAKI1qiAAg&ct=result&id=s_DiAAAAMAAJ&dq=Chama+Cha+Amaan+Stadium+Mapinduzi+Tanganyika+Afro-Shirazi+Party+African+National+Union&q=final+time#search_anchor. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ Konde, Hadji (1984). Press freedom in Tanzania. Arusha [Tanzania]: Eastern Africa Publications. pp. 8. ISBN 9976200293. http://books.google.com/books?ei=d-pGTsnMNNHTiAKI1qiAAg&ct=result&id=Jd-6AAAAIAAJ&dq=Chama+Cha+Amaan+Stadium+Mapinduzi+Tanganyika+Afro-Shirazi+Party+African+National+Union&q=amaan#search_anchor.
- ^ The East African journal of human rights and democracy: a publication of the East African Human Rights Institute in partnership with SIDA. 1 (2): 65. 2003. http://books.google.com/books?ei=rOxGTtWWJO_YiAKpsZD1AQ&ct=result&sqi=2&id=0vceAQAAMAAJ&dq=Chama+Cha+Amaan+Stadium&q=rally#search_anchor. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
[edit] External links
Amaan Stadium on Worldstadiums.com Coordinates: 6°9′57.4″S 39°13′25.7″E / 6.165944°S 39.223806°E
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