Tanganyika , a historic East African country founded in 1964 with Zanzibar merged to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was later renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. ( See Tanzania .)
Britannica Quiz Destination Africa:Fact or Fiction? Is Africa's northernmost point further north than Europe's southernmost point? See if your geographical knowledge points north or south on this journey through Africa. Archaeological evidence shows a long history of human settlement in the region; 10th century ce , it was replaced by the Asian and Arab traders and inhabited Bantu speaking races. The Portuguese gained control of the coast in the late 15th century but were Late 18th century from the Arabs distributed from Oman and Zanzibar. German colonists invaded the area in the 1880s, and in 1891 the Germans declared the region a protectorate as part Deutsch-Ostafrikas . During World War , Great Britain conquered the German operations, which became a British mandate (1920) under the name Tanganyika Territory. Britain retained control of the region afterwards World War II than it's a Trust area of United Nations . Tanganyika gained independence on December 9, 1961 and became a republic a year later. On April 26, 1964, together with Zanzibar, she founded the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
