Tanganyika Territory

Tanganyika Territory was a colony in Swahili Coast and East Africa (Central and Southern Africa) that lasted from 1919 to 1961 CE, about 42 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Britain governed the former German mainland as a League of Nations mandate and then a UN trust territory. Julius Nyerere's TANU party led it peacefully to independence in December 1961.

See Tanganyika Territory on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1919 to 1961 CE

Duration

42 years

Type

Colony

Region

Swahili Coast and East Africa, Central and Southern Africa

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Dar es Salaam

Came from

• German East Africa 1885 to 1919 CE

Became

• Tanzania 1961 CE to the present

Events in Central and Southern Africa during its time

• 1948 Apartheid becomes law
• 1960 Congo independence and crisis

Neighbours in Central and Southern Africa

• Republic of South Africa (apartheid era) 1961 to 1994 CE
• Kingdom of Buganda c. 1300 to 1966 CE
• Portuguese Mozambique 1505 to 1975 CE
• Portuguese Angola 1575 to 1975 CE
• Sultanate of Zanzibar 1856 to 1964 CE
• British Kenya 1895 to 1963 CE
• Madagascar 1960 CE to the present
• Tanzania 1961 CE to the present
• French Madagascar 1896 to 1960 CE
• Belgian Congo 1908 to 1960 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia

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