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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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The Tanzania national football team (Swahili: Timu ya Taifa ya Mpira wa Miguu ya Tanzania) represents Tanzania in men's international football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania, Tanzania's home ground is Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam and their head coach is Adel Amrouche from Algeria. They are colloquially known as the Taifa Stars. Tanzania has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Before uniting with Zanzibar, the team played as the Tanganyika national football team, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The island of Zanzibar, part of Tanzania (and once an independent nation), is also an associate member of CAF and has played matches with other nations, but is not eligible to enter the World Cup or Africa Cup of Nations. See Zanzibar national football team. (Full article...)

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

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

...that tourism in Zanzibar is the top income generator for the islands, out-earning the lucrative spice industry?

... that the Battle for Lake Tanganyika involved an expedition dragging two motor boats through Africa, led by a man who was "court-martialled for wrecking his own ships, an inveterate liar and a wearer of skirts"?

... that Kihaule's mouse shrew is named after the medical-entomological technician who collected the type specimen from the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania?

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WikiProjects

WikiProject Tanzania

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Featured Articles: Anglo-Zanzibar War
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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 Tororo was a battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place from 2 to 4 March 1979 at Tororo, Uganda and its surroundings. It was fought between Ugandan rebels loyal to Milton Obote and Uganda Army units loyal to President Idi Amin. In an attempt to destabilise Amin's rule and capture weapons for an insurrection, a group of guerrillas launched a raid from Kenya against Tororo, whose garrison partially mutinied and joined them after a brief fight. Loyalist Ugandan military forces, most importantly its air force, launched a large-scale counter-attack and defeated the rebels after heavy fighting. (Full article...)

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Battle of Entebbe Battle of Bombo 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