'''Tanzania''' is a nation in east [[Africa]]. Its area is 362,162 square miles (883,749 sq km) and it has a population (2000) of 32.1 million. The capital city is [[Dodoma]], but the main city and commercial centre is [[Dar es Salaam]]. Tanzania comprises the territory of [[Tanganyika]], a former German colony which was mandated to the United Kingdom after the [[First World War]], and the former British colony of [[Zanzibar]]. Tanganyika gained independence in 1961 and Zanzibar in 1963; the two states merged to form Tanzania on 16 April 1964. | '''Tanzania''' is a nation in east [[Africa]]. Its area is 362,162 square miles (883,749 sq km) and it has a population (2000) of 32.1 million. The capital city is [[Dodoma]], but the main city and commercial centre is [[Dar es Salaam]]. Tanzania comprises the territory of [[Tanganyika]], a former German colony which was mandated to the United Kingdom after the [[First World War]], and the former British colony of [[Zanzibar]]. Tanganyika gained independence in 1961 and Zanzibar in 1963; the two states merged to form Tanzania on 16 April 1964. |