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Northeastern Tanzania's administrative capital and largest port, Tanga, has a long history. In the fourteenth century, Swahili and Shirazi traders founded the current settlement on Tanga bay's Toten Island. Old Swahili mosque at Tongoni Ruins in Tongoni ward, Tanga City Council. Tanga's earliest written records date back to the Portuguese. The ...
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania is characterised by substantial across age, gender, geographical location and socioeconomic status implying difference in the risk of transmission of infection. [1] In 2019, among 1.7 million people living with HIV /AIDS, the prevalence was 4.6% and 58,000 new HIV infection among 15–49 years old, and ...
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania; 2022 Africa floods. 21 January – Tanzanian opposition party Chadema organizes a political demonstration in Mwanza. This is the country's first demonstration since President Samia Suluhu Hassan abolished her predecessor John Magufuli's seven-year ban on political assembly earlier this month.
Culture of Tanzania. Christianity is the largest religion in Tanzania, with a substantial Muslim minority. Smaller populations of Animists, practitioners of other faiths, and religiously unaffiliated people are also present. [2] [1] Tanzania is a secular state and freedom of religion is enshrined in the country's constitution.
Iringa is a city in Tanzania with a population of 202,490 (as of 2022) [1] and situated at a latitude of 7.77°S and longitude of 35.69°E. The name is derived from the Hehe word lilinga, meaning fort. [2] Iringa is the administrative capital of Iringa Region. Iringa Municipal Council is the administrative designation of the Municipality of Iringa.
Tunduma. Tunduma is a city in Songwe Region, Tanzania, on the border between Tanzania and Zambia. It has border posts for both the Tanzam Highway and the TAZARA railway (for which it has a station) linking the two countries. It is located 103 km southwest of Mbeya. It is also the junction for the tarmac road which runs via Sumbawanga through ...
In 1975, Tanzania had 25 regions. In the 1970s, the name of the Ziwa Magharibi Region (West Lake Region) changed to Kagera Region. In 2002, Manyara Region was created out of part of Arusha Region. [1] In 2012, four regions were created: Geita, Katavi, Njombe, and Simiyu. [2] In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region.
Located on the Swahili coast, Dar es Salaam is an important economic center and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. [2] The town was founded by Majid bin Said, the first Sultan of Zanzibar, in 1865 or 1866. It was the main administrative and commercial center of German East Africa, Tanganyika, and Tanzania.