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Tanga Region (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 05 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -5.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 038 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 38.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Coastal area was raided by Omani Arabs early 18th cen.; Arab & Swahili traders moved into the interior for ivory in the 1840s; under German protection in early 1880s & later became German colony; went to Britain in 1917. |
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| Tanga (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Tanga (Swahili (generic))
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| Tanga region (C,O,display)
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| Tanga Region (C,U,O,English-P)
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| Mkoa wa Tanga (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| TZ18 (C,U,FIPS)
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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