Tanzania

Tanzania is a country in sub-Saharan Africa bordered by Lake Victoria to the north (through which the border makes a straight line); Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Tanzania is well known for the Serengeti (home to the world-famous annual wildebeest migration) and tanzanite. It equates to Sinzania divided by Coszania.

Etymology

Tanzania is a clipped compound of two predecessor states: Tanganyika and Zanzibar.