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Lake Tanganyika eastern Shore in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma Region, Tanzania. Lake Tanganyika (/ ˌ t æ ŋ ɡ ə n ˈ j iː k ə,-ɡ æ n-/ TANG-gən-YEE-kə, -gan-; [4] Kirundi: Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika) is an African Great Lake. [5] It is the second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia.
Tanganyika was a colonial territory in East Africa which was administered by the United Kingdom in various guises from 1916 until 1961. It was initially administered ...
Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state; Tanganyika (1961–1964), a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania; Tanzania Mainland, the current area of the former country state and territory of Tanganyika; Lake Tanganyika, an African Great Lake
On 26 April 1964, Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. The country was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania on 29 October of that year. The name Tanzania is a blend of Tanganyika and Zanzibar and previously had no significance. Under the terms of this union, the Zanzibar Government retains ...
Tangani'a, also known as Tanganyika, is one of the four sectors in the Fizi Territory of South Kivu Province, located in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In the Bembe language ( Kibembe ) Tangani'a means " Tanganyika ", which is the name of the major lake adjacent to the sector.
Tanganyika province was the scene of a rebellion by the Luba-Katanga people against the independent state of Katanga.In 1961, it was reconquered by the Katanga state, only to be taken back by the Kinshasa government later that year.
Kalemie, formerly Albertville or Albertstad, is a city on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Lukuga River, that drains Lake Tanganyika to the Lualaba River, runs through the city. Kalemie is the capital of Tanganyika Province.
The Malagarasi River is the largest tributary of Lake Tanganyika. Part of southwestern Tanzania drains into Lake Malawi , which empties south into the Zambezi River . The Southern Eastern Rift area of north-central Tanzania is made up of several endorheic basins , which have no outlet to the sea and drain into salt and/or alkaline lakes .