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Tanganyika
Tanganyika
was a
sovereign state
that existed from 1961 until 1964. It was situated between the
Indian Ocean
and the
African Great Lakes
of
Lake Victoria
,
Lake Nyasa
and
Lake Tanganyika
. It gained independence from the
United Kingdom
as a
Commonwealth realm
on 9 December 1961, becoming a republic within the
Commonwealth of Nations
exactly a year later, on 9 December 1962. From 1962 to 1964 it was officially called the
Republic of Tanganyika
. On 26 April 1964, Tanganyika joined with the
People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba
to form the
United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
, a new state that changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania within a year.
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