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19,100 Arabs), 3,114 Somalis, and 3,782 "coloured" and "other" individuals. The white population, which included the Europeans (British, Italians, Greeks, and Germans) and white South Africans, totalled 20,598 individuals. Tanganyika's ethnic and economic make-up posed problems for the British. Their policy was geared to ensuring the continuance of the European presence as necessary to support the country's economy. But the British also had to remain responsive to the political demands of the Africans.
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European battlefields and elsewhere. But in July, 1915, the last German troops in S.W. Africa capitulated ... and the nucleus of the requisite force ... became available." British forces from the northeast and southwest and Belgian forces from the northwest steadily attacked and defeated German forces beginning in January 1916. In October 1916, General Smuts wrote, "With the exception of the
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poor." The Asians and Arabs were the middle class and tended to be wholesale and retail traders. The white population were missionaries, professional and government servants, and owners and managers of farms, plantations, mines, and other businesses. "White farms were of primary importance as producers of exportable agricultural crops."
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having the nation's highest population of 128,742. Tanganyika was a multi-racial territory, which made it unique in the trusteeship world. Its total non-African population in 1957 was 123,310 divided as follows: 95,636 Asians and Arabs (subdivided as 65,461 Indians, 6,299 Pakistanis, 4,776 Goans, and
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In 1926, the Legislative Council was established with seven unofficial (including two Indians) and thirteen official members, whose function was to advise and consent to ordinances issued by the governor. In 1945, the first Africans were appointed to the council. The council was reconstituted in 1948
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Many Africans were government servants, business employees, labourers, and producers of important cash crops during this period. But the vast majority were subsistence farmers who produced barely enough to survive. The standards of housing, clothing, and other social conditions were "equally quite
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became the governor of Tanganyika in 1925. "His work ... was of great significance in the development of colonial administrative policy, being associated especially with the vigorous attempt to establish a system of 'Indirect Rule' through the traditional indigenous authorities." He was a major
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in January 1915. However, the "attack on Tanga and the numerous smaller engagements that followed the strength ... of and made it evident that a powerful force must be organized before the conquest of could be ... undertaken. Such an enterprise had ... to await more favourable conditions on
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in January 1920. In September 1920 by the Tanganyika Order in Council, 1920, the initial boundaries of the territory, the Executive Council, and the offices of governor and commander-in-chief were established. The governor legislated by proclamation or ordinance until 1926.
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Cut-off from Germany, General Von Lettow by necessity conducted a guerilla campaign throughout 1917, living off the land and dispersing over a wide area. In December, the remaining German forces evacuated the colony by crossing the Ruvuma River into
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Governor Byatt took measures to revive African institutions by encouraging limited local rule. He authorized the formation in 1922 of political clubs such as the Tanganyika Territory African Civil Service Association, which in 1929 became the
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and later constituted the core of the nationalist movement. Under the Native Authority Ordinances of 1923, limited powers were granted to certain recognized chiefs who could also exercise powers granted by local customary law.
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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
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Governor Cameron in 1929 enacted the Native Courts Ordinance No. 5, which removed those courts from the jurisdiction of the colonial courts and provided for a system of appeals with final resort to the governor himself.
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became one of the unofficial members in 1954. The council was again reconstituted in 1955 with 44 unofficial members (10 Europeans, 10 Africans, 10 Indians, and 14 government representatives) and 17 official members.
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and in 1886 partitioned continental East Africa between themselves; the Sultanate of Zanzibar, now reduced to the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, remained independent, for the moment. The
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on the opposite western bank. Both stations were founded in the name of the Comite D'Etudes Du Haut Congo, a predecessor organization of the
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on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. After having lost contact with the outside world for years, he was "found" there on 10 November 1871.
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and previously had no significance. Under the terms of this union, the Zanzibar Government retains considerable local autonomy.
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in 1920. What is referred to here, therefore, is the history of the region that was to become Tanzania. A part of the
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mountain ranges. Kilimanjaro attracts thousands of tourists each year. West of those mountains is the
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European exploration of the interior began in the mid-19th century. In 1848 the German missionary
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Native Administration Memorandum No. 1, Principles of Native Administration and their Application
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Tanzania in figures 2012, National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance, June 2013, page 9
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consisting of 155 Europeans, 1,165 Askaris, 2,294 African porters etc., and 819 African women.
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with an elevation of 3,188 m (10,459 ft), the world's only active volcano to produce
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coffee auctions that attracted international buyers after the annual Nairobi auctions.
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THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION OF TANZANIA (From Colonialism to Political independence)
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Germany commenced hostilities in 1914 by unsuccessfully attacking from the town of
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Chaga Childhood: A Description of Indigenous Education in an East African Tribe
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as a geographical and political entity did not take shape before the period of
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on the eastern bank of Lake Tanganyika, soon to be followed by the station of
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critic of Governor Byatt's policies about indirect rule, as evidenced by his
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swamps that are an important habitat for wildlife on land and in the water.
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at 5,022,640 natives, in addition to 32,398 Asians and 8,228 Europeans.
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The eastern coast contains Tanzania's largest city and former capital,
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of 1885, the fact that Kigoma had been established and supplied from
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In 1957, only 15 towns had over 5,000 inhabitants, with the capital
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in June 1857. In January 1866, the Scottish explorer and missionary
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signed an agreement regarding the border between Tanganyika and
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Northeast Tanzania exhibits a mountainous terrain and includes
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have lost every healthy or valuable part of their Colony".
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Julius Kambarage Nyerere as Tanganyika's first president.
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ecoregion, the majority of which is covered by the huge
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plus the annual migration of millions of white bearded
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Just north of this city lies the 227:The centre of Tanzania is a large 203:Central Zambezian miombo woodlands 94:, which is the eastern arm of the 25: 666:Tanganyika African National Union 339:became the first European to see 598: 183:Democratic Republic of the Congo 1069:Mashaka, Riziki (August 2018). 416:Conventional Basin of the Congo 385:Society for German Colonization 895:. Cambridge University Press. 892:A Modern History of Tanganyika 852:The Life of Sir Richard Burton 555:Tanganyika African Association 1: 60:are located on the mainland. 889:Iliffe, John (10 May 1979). 668:(TANU). On 9 December 1961, 116:Ngorongoro Conservation Area 793:, last updated 25 July 2012 758:Tanganyika groundnut scheme 1164: 1122:Lonely Planet: East Africa 809:November 26, 2013, at the 703: 449: 414:into the territory of the 393:German East Africa Company 273: 134:, which is famous for its 67: 912:– via Google Books. 208:. 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Index

Tanzania Mainland

Tanzania
Zanzibar
Tanganyika
regions
Geography of Tanzania
Mount Meru
volcano
Usambara
Pare
Gregory Rift
Great Rift Valley
Natron
Manyara
Eyasi
Crater Highlands
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Ngorongoro Crater
Ol Doinyo Lengai
natrocarbonatite
Serengeti National Park
lions
leopards
elephants
rhinoceroses
buffalo
wildebeest
Olduvai Gorge
Lake Victoria

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