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Tanganyika: see Tanzania Tanzania (tăn'zənē`ə, –zăn`ēə, Swahili tänzänē`ä) ..... Click the link for more information. . Tanganyika 1. a former state in E Africa: became part of German East Africa in 1884; ceded to Britain as a League of Nations mandate in 1919 and as a UN trust territory in 1946; gained independence in 1961 and united with Zanzibar in 1964 as the United Republic of Tanzania 2. Lake. a lake in central Africa between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), bordering also on Burundi and Zambia, in the Great Rift Valley: the longest freshwater lake in the world. Area: 32 893 sq. km (12 700 sq. miles). Length: 676 km (420 miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Scout officials in Uganda discovered that several false Scouts in Kampala used identical fake documents purporting to come from the Tanganyika Scout association. Miao Spirit Shrines in the Religious History of the Southern Lake Tanganyika Region: The Case of Kapembwa. In 1974 Walbert Buhlmann (for some time a Swiss missionary of the Capuchin Order in then Tanganyika, now Tanzania) published Coming of the Third Church: An Analysis of the Present and Future of the Church. |
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