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Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the 2022 national census, Tanzania has a population of around 62 million.

Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. In the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included Southern Cushitic speakers who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago; and the Southern Nilotes, including the Datoog, who originated from the present-day South Sudan–Ethiopia border region between 2,900 and 2,400 years ago. These movements took place at about the same time as the settlement of the Mashariki Bantu from West Africa in the Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika areas. In the late 19th century, the mainland came under German rule as German East Africa, and this was followed by British rule after World War I when it was governed as Tanganyika, with the Zanzibar Archipelago remaining a separate colonial jurisdiction. Following their respective independence in 1961 and 1963, the two entities merged in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanganyika joined the British Commonwealth and Tanzania remains a member of the Commonwealth as a unified republic.

Tanzania is mountainous and densely forested in the north-east, where Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world, is located. Three of Africa's Great Lakes are partly within Tanzania. To the north and west lie Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, and Lake Tanganyika, the continent's deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish. To the south lies Lake Malawi. The eastern shore is hot and humid, with the Zanzibar Archipelago just offshore. The Menai Bay Conservation Area is Zanzibar's largest marine protected area. The Kalambo Falls, located on the Kalambo River at the Zambian border, is the second-highest uninterrupted waterfall in Africa. Tanzania is one of the most visited tourist destinations for safaris.

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Belgo-Congolese troops of the Force Publique marching through Kilosa as part of the Mahenge Offensive, July 1917

The Mahenge offensive (French: Offensive sur Mahenge) was a military action which occurred around the Morogoro Region in the east of German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania) during World War I. The combat formed part of the East Africa Campaign and ended with the capture of Mahenge by the Belgian forces on 9 October 1917. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various Tanzania-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha (from Tanzania)
Image 2Regions of Tanzania (from Tanzania)
Image 3St Joseph's Catholic cathedral, Zanzibar (from Tanzania)
Image 4Scientific publications per million inhabitants in SADC countries in 2014. Source: UNESCO Science Report (2015), data from Thomson Reuters' Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded. (from Tanzania)
Image 5Tea fields in Tukuyu (from Tanzania)
Image 6Location of Zanzibar within Tanzania (from History of Tanzania)
Image 7Tanzanian Ngoma group (from Culture of Tanzania)
Image 8The Masai giraffe is Tanzania's national animal. (from Tanzania)
Image 9Battle during the Maji Maji Rebellion against German colonial rule in 1905 (from Tanzania)
Image 10A 1572 depiction of the city of Kilwa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Tanzania)
Image 11Historical development of real GDP per capita in Tanzania, since 1950 (from Tanzania)
Image 12A Ramadan dinner in Tanzania (from Culture of Tanzania)
Image 13Tanzanian Embassy in West End, Washington, D.C. (from Tanzania)
Image 14Tanzania map of Köppen climate classification (from Tanzania)
Image 15East African Legislative Assembly in Arusha (from Tanzania)
Image 16A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum (from Tanzania)
Image 17Tanzanian women harvesting tea leaves (from Tanzania)
Image 18Barbecued beef cubes and seafood in Forodhani Gardens, Zanzibar (from Culture of Tanzania)
Image 19The Arusha Declaration Monument (from Tanzania)
Image 20National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. (from Culture of Tanzania)
Image 21A carved door with Arabic calligraphy in Zanzibar (from Tanzania)
Image 22A Tingatinga painting (from Tanzania)
Image 23The semi-autonomous Zanzibar Archipelago (from Tanzania)
Image 24Olduvai Gorge site also known as "The Cradle of Mankind" (from History of Tanzania)
Image 25Farmers using a rice harvester in Igunga District, Tanzania (from Tanzania)
Image 26A Tanzanian woman cooks Pilau rice dish wearing traditional Kanga. (from Tanzania)
Image 27Traditional Tanzanian food consisting of pilau kuku (seasoned rice with chicken), mishkaki (grilled meat), ndizi (plantain), maharage (beans), mboga (vegetables), chapati (flatbread) and pili pili (hot sauce) (from Culture of Tanzania)
Image 28Tanzanian Ngoma group (from Tanzania)
Image 29The Hadza live as hunter-gatherers. (from Tanzania)
Image 30Louis and Mary Leakey (from History of Tanzania)
Image 31A Tingatinga painting (from Culture of Tanzania)
Image 32High Court Building in Kigoma (from Tanzania)
Image 33Domestic expenditure on research in Southern Africa as a percentage of GDP, 2012 or closest year. Source: UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 (2015), figure 20.3. (from Tanzania)
Image 34Researchers (HC) in Southern Africa per million inhabitants, 2013 or closest year (from Tanzania)
Image 35Wildebeest migration in the Serengeti (from Tanzania)
Image 36Nkrumah Hall at the University of Dar es Salaam (from Tanzania)
Image 37Stamp of British East Africa with portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (from History of Tanzania)
Image 38One of the main trunk roads (from Tanzania)
Image 39Zanzibar harbour (from Tanzania)
Image 40Development of life expectancy (from Tanzania)
Image 41Lemon and ginger tea. (from Culture of Tanzania)
Image 42Example of a World Food Programme parcel (from Tanzania)
Image 43The snowcapped Uhuru Peak (from Tanzania)
Image 44FIB Tanzanian special forces during training (from Tanzania)
Image 45Julius Nyerere demanding political independence for Tanganyika in 1961. (from History of Tanzania)
Image 46Nyerere Bridge in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam (from Tanzania)
Image 47National Stadium in Dar es Salaam (from Tanzania)

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This month in Tanzanian history

24 September 1969: The Arusha Agreement was signed between the European Union and the East African states of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Credit: Jeff Kubina

The African Wild Dog is a medium-sized canid found only in Africa, especially in savannas and other lightly wooded areas. It is also called the Painted Hunting Dog, African Hunting Dog, the Cape Hunting Dog, the Spotted Dog, or the Painted Wolf in English, Wildehond in Afrikaans, and Mbwa mwitu in Swahili. It is the only species in the genus Lycaon.

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... that Changuu Island, Zanzibar, houses a collection of endangered Aldabra Giant Tortoises (pictured)?

...that the University Students' African Revolutionary Front was a political student group formed in 1967 at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania?

... that Ugandan military commander Isaac Maliyamungu reportedly wept after witnessing how much destruction his country's army had caused in Tanzania?

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WikiProjects

WikiProject Tanzania

WikiProject Africa

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Featured Articles: Anglo-Zanzibar War
Zanzibar Revolution

Featured Lists: List of Sultans of Zanzibar

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A panoramic view of the city of Dar es Salaam. Visible are the Bank of Tanzania twin towers, the PPF Towers, the Mafuta House and the Julius Nyerere Pension Tower, to the right; the Kariakoo area next with the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium at the back, followed by the slums.

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Articles here focus upon aspects of the Uganda–Tanzania War. These are all Good articles that meet a core set of high editorial standards.

The Battle of Lira was one of the last battles in the Uganda–Tanzania War, fought by Tanzania and its Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) allies, against Uganda Army troops loyal to Idi Amin on 15 May 1979. The Tanzanian-led forces easily routed Lira's garrison of Amin loyalists, and then intercepted and destroyed one retreating column of Uganda Army soldiers near the town.

Idi Amin had seized power in Uganda in 1971 and established a brutal dictatorship. Seven years later he attempted to invade neighbouring Tanzania to the south. The attack was repulsed, and the Tanzanians launched a counter-attack into Ugandan territory. After a number of battles, Amin's regime and military largely collapsed, whereupon Tanzania and its Ugandan allies of the UNLF began to mop up the last pro-Amin holdouts in Uganda's east and north. One of these was the town of Lira, whose capture was entrusted to a force consisting of the Tanzanian 201st Brigade and the UNLF's Kikosi Maalum force. (Full article...)

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Battle of Entebbe Battle of Bombo Battle of Jinja Battle of Karuma Falls Battle of Lukaya Battle of Bondo Battle of Masaka Air campaign of the Uganda–Tanzania War Battle of Mutukula Battle of Tororo

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A traditional carved door showing Arabic calligraphy in Zanzibar. Zanzibar has a long history of Arab influence and was controlled by the Sultan of Oman from 1698–1861.

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