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Descriptor English: Tanzania
Descriptor Spanish: Tanzanía
Descriptor Tanzania
Entry term(s) Tanganica
Zanzíbar
Scope note: República situada en el este de África, al sur de UGANDA y al norte de MOZAMBIQUE. Esta república se constituyó en 1964 por la unión de TANGANIKA y ZANZIBAR
Descriptor Portuguese: Tanzânia
Descriptor French: Tanzanie
Entry term(s): Dar es Salaam capital until 1996.
Dodoma
Tanganyika
United Republic of Tanzania
Zanzibar
Tree number(s): Z01.058.290.120.840
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013636
Scope note: A republic in eastern Africa, south of UGANDA and north of MOZAMBIQUE. It was formed in 1964 by a merger of the countries of TANGANYIKA and ZANZIBAR.
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
DeCS ID: 14017
Unique ID: D013636
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2024/04/28
Tanzania - Preferred
Concept UI M0021037
Scope note A republic in eastern Africa, south of UGANDA and north of MOZAMBIQUE. It was formed in 1964 by a merger of the countries of TANGANYIKA and ZANZIBAR.
Preferred term Tanzania
Entry term(s) United Republic of Tanzania
Zanzibar - Narrower
Concept UI M0021038
Preferred term Zanzibar
Tanganyika - Narrower
Concept UI M0021036
Scope note A country in eastern Africa that in 1964 it merged with ZANZIBAR to become TANZANIA.
Preferred term Tanganyika
Dodoma - Narrower
Concept UI M000767444
Scope note Dodoma was designated the national capital in 1996. Its capital was Dar es Salaam.
Preferred term Dodoma
Entry term(s) Dar es Salaam capital until 1996.



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