Tanzania History, Geography, Economy and Important Events

Many important hominid fossils were found in Tanzania, including 6 million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils (Pliocene hominid fossils), such as the 6 million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. The genus Australopithecus was all over Africa 4 to 2 million years ago; And the remains of Old Homo have been found near Oldudai Lake. This shows that the history of humans here is 1.8 million years old.

It also once inhabited eastern Cushitic peoples, who migrated from Tanzana north to Tanzania about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago, and southern Nilots, including Datoog humans, who lived between 2,900 and 2,400 years ago in South Sudan. - Ethiopia came from the border region. But later they migrated to the rest of Tanzania.

German rule finally began in mainland Tanzania during the late 19th century when Germany formed German East Africa. This was followed by British rule after the First World War. The mainland was governed as Tanzanika, with the Zanzibar Islands remaining a separate colonial jurisdiction. After their respective independence in 1961 and 1963, in 1964 the two institutions merged to form the United Republic of Tanzania. The country joined the British Commonwealth in 1961 and Tanzania is still a member of the Commonwealth as a republic.

• The United Republic of Tanzania is located in the east of Africa.
• Tanzania borders Kenya, Uganda to the north, Rwanda to the west, Burundi, Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south.
• The total area of ​​Tanzania is 945,087 sq km. (364,898 sq mi).
• The official language of Tanzania is Swahili.
• The currency of Tanzania is named Tanzanian Shilling.
• According to the World Bank, the total population of Tanzania in 2016 was 5.56 crore.
• The religion of most people in Tanzania is Islam.
• The climate of Tanzania is tropical and the coastal areas are hot and humid, while the northwestern highlands are cool and temperate.
• The highest mountain in Tanzania is Mount Kilimanjaro, which has a height of 5,895 meters.
• The longest river in Tanzania is the Rufiji River, which has a length of 600 km.
• The largest lake in Tanzania is Victoria which is spread over an area of 26,828 miles.
• The national animal of Tanzania is the Masai Giraffe.

• 10 November 1871 - Journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley is currently located near the missing missionary and explorer David Livingstone, Tanzaniaken Lake.
• 04 November 1960 - Kasakela in Tanzania in Chimpanzee community,. Gengudal (painted in 2010) saw a chimpanzee using a termites with grass stalks from a termites, the first recorded case of equipment for animals.
• 29 October 1964 - The African country Tangayika-Zanzibar United Republic was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
• 26 April 1964 - It became the first president with Julius Nairere in Tanzania with Tanzanika and Zanzibar merger.
• 11 April 1979 - The Uganda-Tanjania war-Yuganda National Liberation Army and Tanzanian forces forced the President of Uganda, Idi Amin Tofli, captured Kampala.
• 21 May 1996 - The Lake Victoria ferry MV Bukoba sank in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria on May 21, 2015. 1000 people were killed in this disaster including Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri who was second in command of al-Qaeda.
• 07 August 1998 - The Islamic terrorist organizations are accused of bombing two United States embassies in Al-Qaeda, Nairobi, Kenya and Dar S Salaam, Tanzania, where at least 200 people died and injured over 5,000. US President Bill Clinton has given a statement, 'We will use all the means at our disposal to bring those responsible for justice.
• 07 August 1998 - The car bomb blasts in American embassies together took place in East African capital Dar S Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,500 people.
• 24 June 2002 - 281 people died in train accident in African country Tanzania.
• 10 December 2010 - Somali pirates a Liberian ship in 80 natical miles east of the border between Pirates Tanzania and Mozambique, in the most spectacular attack yet.