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Tanzania
Tanzania, formerly Tanganyika while under British rule until 1961, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited areas on Earth. At 947,303 sq. kilometers (365,756 sq.mi), it is the 13th largest country in Africa and 31st in the world. It is located in Eastern Africa and borders Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi , the DRC, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. Three of Africa's great lakes including Lake Victoria (Africa's largest lake) and Lake Tanganyika (the continent's deepest lake) are in Tanzania.
What it is well known for is the Serengeti and it has an additional 21 national parks, reserves and conservation area. It contains over 20% of the species of Africa's enormous warm-blooded populace. The Serengeti hosts the second largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world which helps secure it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa. Each year, more than 2 million wildebeest, gazelles and zebras follow the rains on a migratory path crossing the Maasai Mara of Kenya and back down southward toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. What is the first largest migration in the world? The African fruit bat migration where 10 million fruit bats descend on northern Zambia coming from the Congo (DRC). But that is a story for another time!
What it is well known for is the Serengeti and it has an additional 21 national parks, reserves and conservation area. It contains over 20% of the species of Africa's enormous warm-blooded populace. The Serengeti hosts the second largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world which helps secure it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa. Each year, more than 2 million wildebeest, gazelles and zebras follow the rains on a migratory path crossing the Maasai Mara of Kenya and back down southward toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. What is the first largest migration in the world? The African fruit bat migration where 10 million fruit bats descend on northern Zambia coming from the Congo (DRC). But that is a story for another time!
