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A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum
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The name 'Tanzania' was created as a clipped compound of the names of the two states that unified to create the country: Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

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Tanzania

Population
70.5M
Area
945,087 km²
Capital
Dodoma
Continent
Africa
21st most populous country in the world

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

From the “Etymology” section

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A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum
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The mint in Kilwa struck coins which record information about local sultans in rhyming couplets, something which has no parallel in earlier Islamic coinage.

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Tanzania

Population
70.5M
Area
945,087 km²
Capital
Dodoma
Continent
Africa
21st most populous country in the world

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

From the “History” section

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Photo: Ali A. Fazal · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum
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Kalambo Falls in the southwestern region of Rukwa is the second highest uninterrupted waterfall in Africa.

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Tanzania

Population
70.5M
Area
945,087 km²
Capital
Dodoma
Continent
Africa
21st most populous country in the world

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

From the “Geography” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Ali A. Fazal · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum
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Tanzania has 21 national parks, plus a variety of game and forest reserves, including the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

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Tanzania

Population
70.5M
Area
945,087 km²
Capital
Dodoma
Continent
Africa
21st most populous country in the world

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

From the “Geography” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Ali A. Fazal · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum
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Tanzania is a one-party dominant state with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party in power, which has held power since independence in 1961.

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Tanzania

Population
70.5M
Area
945,087 km²
Capital
Dodoma
Continent
Africa
21st most populous country in the world

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

From the “Government and politics” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Ali A. Fazal · CC BY-SA 3.0

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