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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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