British Tanganyika

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League of Nations mandate United Nations trust territory former British territory

British Tanganyika was the British-administered mandate and later trust territory in East Africa that governed the region of present-day mainland Tanzania between World War I and independence.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
British Trust Territory of Tanganyika 1
Republic of Tanganyika 1
Sovereign State of Tanganyika 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate ⓘ
United Nations trust territory ⓘ
former British territory ⓘ
administeredAs separate colony from Kenya and Uganda ⓘ
administeredBy United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
administrativeLanguage English ⓘ
borderedBy Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyasaland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruanda-Urundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Dar es Salaam NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonLanguage Swahili ⓘ
containsLake Lake Nyasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsMountain Mount Kilimanjaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Meru NERFINISHED ⓘ
correspondsToModernTerritory mainland Tanzania ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency East African shilling NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 1961 ⓘ
endDateAsTrustTerritory 1961 ⓘ
followedBy Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody British Colonial Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
independenceDate 1961-12-09 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceLeader Julius Nyerere NERFINISHED ⓘ
independenceMovement Tanganyika African National Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus Class B mandate ⓘ
UN trust territory ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
mandatedBy League of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
precededBy German East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType mainland territory (excluding Zanzibar) ⓘ
religionMajority Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
startDate 1916 ⓘ
startDateAsMandate 1922 ⓘ
startDateAsTrustTerritory 1946 ⓘ
trusteeshipBy United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fipa → colonialHistoryUnder → British Tanganyika ⓘ
flag of Tanzania → precededBy → British Tanganyika ⓘ
this entity surface form: flag of Tanganyika
Prime Minister of Tanganyika → countryDuringColonialPeriod → British Tanganyika ⓘ
Prime Minister of Tanganyika → countryDuringIndependencePeriod → British Tanganyika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign State of Tanganyika
Prime Minister of Tanganyika → jurisdiction → British Tanganyika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Tanganyika
Tanganyika African National Union → operatedIn → British Tanganyika ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Trust Territory of Tanganyika