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Background. The Public Holidays Ordinance (Amended) Act, 1966 lists twelve public holidays in its schedule. At present, Tanzania has a total of seventeen public holidays: eight religious holidays, three national holidays, two commemorating the death anniversaries of the inaugural leaders of its constituent states and the remaining four of other national importance.
In the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included Southern Cushitic speakers who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago; and the Southern Nilotes, including the Datoog, who originated from the present-day South ...
History of Tanzania. The modern-day African Great Lakes state of Tanzania dates formally from 1964, when it was formed out of the union of the much larger mainland territory of Tanganyika and the coastal archipelago of Zanzibar. The former was a colony and part of German East Africa from the 1880s to 1919 when, under the League of Nations, it ...
Zanzibar Revolution Day has been designated as a public holiday by the government of Tanzania; it is celebrated on 12 January each year. [86] The Mapinduzi Cup (Revolution Cup), an association football knockout competition, is organized by the Zanzibar Football Association in early January between 6 and 13 January to mark the revolution day (12 ...
Tanganyika ( / ˌtæŋɡənˈjiːkə /) was a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania, that existed from 1961 until 1964. It first gained independence from the United Kingdom on 9 December 1961 as a Commonwealth realm [1] headed by Queen Elizabeth II before becoming a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations a ...
Samia Suluhu Hassan ( / sɑːmiɑː / / suluhu / / hɑːssɑːn / // ⓘ, SAH-mee-ah Soo-LOO-hoo HA-San; born 27 January 1960) is a Tanzanian politician who has served as president of Tanzania since 19 March 2021. She is the first woman to serve in the position. She previously served as vice-president of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021, from which ...
Foreign relations. Zanzibar. Tanzania portal. Other countries. v. t. e. General elections were held in Tanzania on 28 October 2020 to elect the President and members of National Assembly. [1] The presidential election was won by incumbent John Magufuli of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party.
Nane Nane Day on 8 August celebrates to recognize the important contribution of farmers to the national Tanzanian economy. Nane Nane means "eight eight" in Swahili , the national language of Tanzania (and of Tanganyika and Zanzibar , the two countries whose union created the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964).