What is Tanganyika?
{{Infobox country |conventional_long_name = Tanganyika {{small|(1961–62)}}<hr />Republic of Tanganyika {{small|(1962–64)}} |native_name = |common_name = Tanganyika |government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[one-party state]]<br>[[Parliamentary system|Parliamentary]] [[constitutional monarchy|monarchy]] (1961–62)<br/>[[presidential system|Presidential]] [[republics in the Commonwealth of Nations|republic]] (1962–64) |image_flag = Flag of Tanganyika (1961–1964).svg |image_coat = File:Coat of arms of Tanganyika (1961–1964).svg |image_map = Tanzania (orthographic projection).svg |map_caption = |p1 = Tanganyika (territory) |flag_p1 = Flag of Tanganyika (1923–1961).svg |s1 = Tanzania |flag_s1 = Flag of Tanzania.svg |event_start = Independence from [[British Empire]] |date_start = 9 December |year_start = 1961 |event1 = Republic |date_event1 = 9 December 1962 |event_end = Union with [[Zanzibar]] |date_end = 26 April |year_end = 1964 |capital = [[Dar es Salaam]] |national_anthem = ''[[Mungu ibariki Afrika]]''<br/>{{small|'God Bless Africa'}}<br/><center>[[File:National Anthem of Tanzania by US Navy Band.ogg]]</center> |currency = [[East African shilling]] |common_languages= {{Startflatlist}} * [[Swahili language|Swahili]] * [[English language|English]] {{Endflatlist}} |title_leader = Head of state |leader1 = [[Elizabeth II]] |year_leader1 = 1961–62 |leader2 = [[Julius Nyerere]] |year_leader2 = 1962–64 |title_representative = [[Governor-General of Tanganyika|Governor-General]] |representative1 = [[Richard Turnbull (colonial governor)|Richard Turnbull]] |year_representative1 = 1961–62 |title_deputy = }} '''Tanganyika''' is the mainland part of [[Tanzania]]. From 9 December 1961 to 26 April 1964 it was an independent state. It was an [[East Africa]]n territory lying between the [[Indian Ocean]] and the African Great Lakes: [[Lake Victoria]], [[Lake Malawi]] and [[Lake Tanganyika]].<ref>''Kingfisher Geography encyclopedia''. {{ISBN|1-