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Tanganyika

Tanganyika (1961–62)
Republic of Tanganyika (1962–64)
1961–1964
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem
Mungu ibariki Afrika
Capital Dar es Salaam
Languages
Government Parliamentary monarchy (1961–62)
Presidential republic (1962–64)
Head of state
 •  1961–62 Elizabeth II
 •  1962–64 Julius Nyerere
Governor-General
 •  1961–62 Richard Turnbull
History
 •  Independence from British Empire 9 December 1961
 •  Republic 9 December 1962
 •  Union with Zanzibar 26 April 1964
Currency East African shilling
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tanganyika (territory)
Tanzania

Tanganyika /ˌtæŋɡənˈjkə/ was a sovereign state that existed from 9 December 1961 until 22 April 1964, first gaining independence from the United Kingdom as a Commonwealth realm, then becoming a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations exactly a year later. After signing the Articles of Union on April 22, on 26 April 1964, Tanganyika officially joined with the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, a new state that changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania within a year. It was situated between the Indian Ocean and the African Great Lakes of Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika.

Tanganyika originally consisted of the Tanganyika Territory, the British share of German East Africa, which the British took under a League of Nations Mandate in 1922, and which was later transformed into a United Nations Trust Territory after World War II. The other parts of German East Africa were taken into Belgian trusteeship, eventually becoming present-day Rwanda and Burundi.


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