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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 nearly 62 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator.

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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Dodoma Region (Mkoa wa Dodoma in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the city of Dodoma. Dodoma is located in central Tanzania, bordered by Singida region to the west, Manyara region to the north, Iringa region to the south, and Morogoro region to the east. Dodoma region hosts the nation's capital city, where the legislative assembly of Bunge is based. Dodoma region also hosts one of the largest universities in Tanzania: University of Dodoma. The region is the home of the Tanzanian wine industry, which is the second largest wine industry on the continent after South Africa. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 3,085,625; in the 2012 national census, the population was 2,083,588. (Full article...)

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

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

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This month in Tanzanian history

9 June 1954: The skull of Hehe chief Mkwawa, who died in 1898, was returned to Tanzania from Germany.
24 June 2002: Tanzania's worst train crash, the Igandu train disaster, killed more than 200 people.
26 June 1857: British explorers Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke travelled from Zanzibar to the East African coast and began their exploration of inland East Africa.
28 June 1919: Following World War I, the Treaty of Versailles broke up German East Africa with the United Kingdom acquiring the largest part which it named the Tanganyika Territory.

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The Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) also known as Laughing Hyena, is a carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which it is the largest extant member. Though the species' prehistoric range included Eurasia extending from Atlantic Europe to China, it now only occurs in all of Africa south of the Sahara save for the Congo Basin. Spotted hyenas live in large matriarchal communities called clans.

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...that the Lake Tanganyika passenger ferry MV Liemba (pictured) began its life as a German warship in World War I, spent eight years on the bottom of the lake, and later portrayed the Empress Luisa in the film The African Queen?

...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 South African lawyer Sibongile Ndashe was arrested in Tanzania for advocating against an anti-gay law that limited treatment for HIV/AIDS?

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WikiProjects

WikiProject Tanzania

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Featured Articles: Anglo-Zanzibar War
Zanzibar Revolution

Featured Lists: List of Sultans of Zanzibar

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Moshi is a Tanzanian town with a population of 144,739 (2002 census) in Kilimanjaro Region. The town is situated on the lower slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, a volcanic mountain that is the highest mountain in Africa. Moshi is home to the Chagga and Maasai tribes and lies on the A 23 Arusha-Himo east-west road connecting Arusha and Mombasa, Kenya. Just to the east of Moshi is the intersection with the B 1 north-south road eventually connecting with Tanga and Dar es Salaam.

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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.

During the Uganda–Tanzania War, the Battle of Bombo was fought in April 1979 at the town of Bombo, Uganda, between Tanzanian forces and Ugandan troops loyal to Idi Amin. After cutting the road between Kampala and Bombo, the Tanzanian 201st Brigade led by Imran Kombe was ordered to head north and seize Bombo. The town was mostly defended by retired Nubian officers of the Uganda Army. The Tanzanians attacked cautiously, and under heavy fire were able to proceed into the town and secure it. (Full article...)

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Battle of Entebbe Battle of Jinja Battle of Lira 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 Hadza man preparing arrow in Tanzania. The Hadza people live around Lake Eyasi and number less than 1000. 300–400 Hadza people still live as hunter-gatherers.

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