Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
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The Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was the 1964 political merger of the mainland territory of Tanganyika and the island nation of Zanzibar that created the modern state of Tanzania.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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political union ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Act of Union
NERFINISHED
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Articles of Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalAfterUnion | Dar es Salaam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country1 | Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country2 | Zanzibar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryFormingUnion | Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdState | United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currencyAfterUnion | Tanzanian shilling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1964-04-26 ⓘ |
| flagAfterUnion | flag of Tanzania ⓘ |
| followedBy | United Republic of Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerColonialPowerTanganyika | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerColonialPowerZanzibar | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentFormAfterUnion | unitary state with semi-autonomous Zanzibar ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Tanganyika
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zanzibar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentAfterUnion | Julius Nyerere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfStateAfterUnion | Julius Nyerere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalOrganizationMembershipResult | United Nations membership of Tanzania ⓘ |
| languageOfUnion |
English
ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ |
| legalForm | union treaty ⓘ |
| location | East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainlandNameAfterUnion | Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernNameOfMainland | mainland Tanzania ⓘ |
| politicalSystemAfterUnion | republic ⓘ |
| precededBy |
People's Republic of Zanzibar
NERFINISHED
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Republic of Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reason | to create a unified socialist-oriented state in East Africa ⓘ |
| region | Great Lakes region of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionIntegrationImpact | strengthened East African regional politics ⓘ |
| renamedState | United Republic of Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
creation of the United Republic of Tanzania
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unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar ⓘ |
| signatoryLeaderTanganyika | Julius Nyerere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signatoryLeaderZanzibar | Abeid Karume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorCapital | Dodoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tanganyikaIndependenceYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| unionType | mainland–island union ⓘ |
| vicePresidentFromZanzibar | Abeid Karume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1964 ⓘ |
| zanzibarIndependenceFromBritainYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| zanzibarRevolutionYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| zanzibarStatusAfterUnion | semi-autonomous region ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar