Tanzania Independence Day

Tanzania Independence Day

Tanzania Independence Day is celebrated on December 9 every year. 2023 marks the 63rd year of the country’s independence from Britain, which governed Tanzania till 1961 under the name of Tanganyika.

The region has a fascinating history that stretches all the way back to the Stone Age, housing some of the oldest hominid cultures that archaeology has unearthed. It recorded travelers from Persia and India as early as the first millennium CE and the medieval period witnessed Swahili culture being mixed with Arabic influences.

Tanzania is hone to attractions such as the Serengeti National Park, which witnesses the Masai Mara wildebeest migration along with Kenya, and the highest peak in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, among many other locations.

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