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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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Goodall in Tanzania in 2018

Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (/ˈɡʊdɔːl/; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall; 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist. She is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, after 60 years' studying the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. Goodall first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania to observe its chimpanzees in 1960.

She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots programme, and she has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. As of 2022, she is on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project. In April 2002, she was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Goodall is an honorary member of the World Future Council. (Full article...)

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

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

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This month in Tanzanian history

1 July 1890: The Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty made Zanzibar and Pemba a British protectorate.
5 July 2001: Ali Mohamed Shein became Vice President of Tanzania.
7 July 1954: Julius Nyerere formed the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and became its first president. This day is celebrated as Saba Saba Day.
7 July 2000: The East African Community Treaty, signed the previous November between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, came into force.
19 July 1898: Following years of resistance, Chief Mkwawa of the Hehe was cornered by German soldiers and committed suicide rather than be captured.

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The Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) is one of the best-known gazelles. It is named after explorer Joseph Thomson and, as a result, is sometimes referred to as a "tommie". It is considered by some to be a subspecies of the Red-fronted Gazelle and was formerly considered a member of the genus Gazella within the subgenus Eudorcas, before Eudorcas was elevated to genus status.

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...that while the first union was founded in 1927, Tanzania did not have a significant labor movement until the 1940s?

... that Operations Parthenon, Boris, Finery, Shed and Plan Giralda were all British plans for military intervention in Zanzibar following the 1964 revolution?

... that Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi ordered his air force to attack a city during the Uganda–Tanzania War, but his bomber instead hit a game reserve and killed antelopes?

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WikiProjects

WikiProject Tanzania

WikiProject Africa

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Recognised content

Featured Articles: Anglo-Zanzibar War
Zanzibar Revolution

Featured Lists: List of Sultans of Zanzibar

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Mikumi National Park, a national park in Mikumi, near Morogoro, Tanzania. The park was established in 1964, currently covers an area of 3230 km² and is the fourth largest in the country. The landscape of Mikumi is often compared to that of the Serengeti. The road that crosses the park divides it into two areas with partially distinct environments. The area north-west is characterized by the alluvial plain of the river basin Mkata. The vegetation of this area consists of savannah dotted with acacia, baobab, tamarinds, and some rare palm. In this area, at the furthest from the road, there are spectacular rock formations of the mountains Rubeho and Uluguru. The southeast part of the park is less rich in wildlife, and not very accessible.

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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 Karuma Falls was one of the last battles in the Uganda–Tanzania War, fought between Tanzania and Uganda Army troops loyal to Idi Amin on 17 May 1979. Soldiers of the Tanzania People's Defence Force attacked Ugandan forces at the bridge over the Nile River at Karuma Falls. Tanzania's 205th Brigade was tasked with advancing from Masindi to Gulu, taking a route which passed over the Karuma Falls Bridge. The brigade assaulted the crossing on the morning of 17 May with tanks and artillery and one of its battalions ran over the bridge to attack the Ugandan positions. The Ugandans destroyed a TPDF tank, delaying the Tanzanians long enough to board buses and retreat to Gulu. The Tanzanians secured Karuma Falls before capturing Gulu several days later. (Full article...)

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Battle of Entebbe Battle of Bombo Battle of Jinja Battle of Lira 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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