British Tanganyika

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British Tanganyika was the British-administered mandate and later trust territory in East Africa that governed the region of present-day mainland Tanzania between World War I and independence.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate ⓘ
United Nations trust territory ⓘ
former British territory ⓘ
administeredAs separate colony from Kenya and Uganda ⓘ
administeredBy United Kingdom ⓘ
administrativeLanguage English ⓘ
borderedBy Belgian Congo ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
Nyasaland ⓘ
Ruanda-Urundi ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
capital Dar es Salaam ⓘ
commonLanguage Swahili ⓘ
containsLake Lake Nyasa ⓘ
linked to: Lake Malawi

Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
Lake Victoria ⓘ
containsMountain Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ
Mount Meru ⓘ
correspondsToModernTerritory mainland Tanzania ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency East African shilling ⓘ
endDate 1961 ⓘ
endDateAsTrustTerritory 1961 ⓘ
followedBy Tanganyika ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar ⓘ
linked to: Tanzania
governingBody British Colonial Office ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Office
independenceDate 1961-12-09 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceLeader Julius Nyerere ⓘ
independenceMovement Tanganyika African National Union ⓘ
legalStatus Class B mandate ⓘ
UN trust territory ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
mandatedBy League of Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
precededBy German East Africa ⓘ
regionType mainland territory (excluding Zanzibar) ⓘ
religionMajority Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
startDate 1916 ⓘ
startDateAsMandate 1922 ⓘ
startDateAsTrustTerritory 1946 ⓘ
trusteeshipBy United Nations ⓘ

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Fipa → colonialHistoryUnder → British Tanganyika ⓘ
flag of Tanzania → precededBy → flag of Tanganyika ⓘ
linked to: British Tanganyika
Prime Minister of Tanganyika → countryDuringIndependencePeriod → Sovereign State of Tanganyika ⓘ
linked to: British Tanganyika
Prime Minister of Tanganyika → jurisdiction → Republic of Tanganyika ⓘ
linked to: British Tanganyika
Tanganyika African National Union → operatedIn → British Trust Territory of Tanganyika ⓘ
linked to: British Tanganyika
League of Nations Permanent Mandates Commission → monitoredTerritory → Tanganyika Mandate ⓘ
linked to: British Tanganyika
Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar → precededBy → Republic of Tanganyika ⓘ
linked to: British Tanganyika
Legislative Council of Tanganyika → partOf → colonial administration of Tanganyika ⓘ
linked to: British Tanganyika
Nyakyusa → colonialHistory → British Tanganyika ⓘ
Sukuma–Nyamwezi cultural complex → colonialEraCategoryUsedBy → British colonial administration in Tanganyika ⓘ
linked to: British Tanganyika
Kerewe → colonialHistory → British Tanganyika ⓘ
Kingdom of Kiziba → successorState → British Tanganyika ⓘ
Kingdom of Ihangiro → successorState → British Tanganyika ⓘ
Kwere people → colonialHistoryContext → British Tanganyika ⓘ