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Title: Today in History | Tanganyika and Zanzibar Merge to Form Tanzania (1964)
Post by: TFD on Apr 26, 2011, 12:05 PM
[attachimg=1 align=left] Located in central East Africa, Tanzania has been inhabited by humans or their ancestors perhaps longer than any other place on Earth, with hominid fossils discovered there dating back over two million years.

The country of Tanzania is a more recent development, forming in 1964 with the merger of two newly independent republics—Tanganyika and Zanzibar. The former leaders of Tanganyika and Zanzibar then became Tanzania's first president and vice president.

[attachimg=2 align=left]What is Tanzania's official language?


Source: The Free Dictionary Encylopedia.