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The UK held Tanganyika as a League of Nations mandate until the end of World War II after which it was held as a United Nations trust territory. In 1961, Tanganyika gained its independence from the UK as Tanganyika, joining the Commonwealth. It became a republic a year later. Tanganyika now forms part of the modern-day sovereign state of ...
Tangani'a, also known as Tanganyika, is one of the four sectors in the Fizi Territory of South Kivu Province, located in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In the Bembe language ( Kibembe ) Tangani'a means " Tanganyika ", which is the name of the major lake adjacent to the sector.
Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state Tanganyika (1961–1964) , a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania Tanzania Mainland , the current area of the former country state and territory of Tanganyika
On 26 April 1964, Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. The country was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania on 29 October of that year. The name Tanzania is a blend of Tanganyika and Zanzibar and previously had no significance. Under the terms of this union, the Zanzibar Government retains ...
Tanganyika province was the scene of a rebellion by the Luba-Katanga people against the independent state of Katanga.In 1961, it was reconquered by the Katanga state, only to be taken back by the Kinshasa government later that year.
Katavi Region is located between Longitude 30° and 33° East of Greenwich and Latitudes 5° 15° to 7° 03° South of the Equator. It is bordered to the north by the Urambo District (Tabora), to the east by the Sikonge District (Tabora), to the east by the Chunya District (Mbeya), to the south by the Sumbawanga District (Rukwa), to the south-east by the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
With the independence of Tanganyika in December 1961, the two battalions of the King's African Rifles which had been raised in the colony were transferred to the newly independent nation. These were the 6th (Tanganyika Territory) Battalion (becoming the 1st Tanganyika Rifles), located at Colito Barracks in Dar-es-Salaam and the 26th (Tanganyika ...
Tanzania, [c] officially the United Republic of Tanzania, [d] 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.