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United Republic of Tanzania

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United Republic of Tanzania
Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
Flag of United Republic of Tanzania
Flag
Coat of arms of United Republic of Tanzania
Coat of arms
Location of United Republic of Tanzania
CapitalDodoma
Largest cityDar es Salaam
Official languagesSwahili
English
Dominant mode of productionCapitalism
Area
• Total
947,303 km²
Population
• 2023 estimate
65,642,682


Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa bordering Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique. It was originally a German colony before being occupied by the British in the First World War.

History

British occupation

Workers in the shipping, post, diamond, and rail industries led a series of strikes in 1958 to win independence from Britain.[1]

Independence

In the early 1960s, Tanzania did not largely intervene with small farmers besides improving irrigation.

In 1967, President Julius Nyerere announced the creation of a socialist state in the Arusha Declaration. He nationalized key industries while developing agriculture and industry. He merged all unions into the National Union of Tanganyika Workers.

Nyerere encouraged all peasants to move to collective ujamaa villages. This system failed to deal with the patriarchal relations of the countryside and often relied on force because it did not take time to persuade the peasantry.[1]

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