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TANGA (" the sail ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 396 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TANGA (" the
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sail ")  , a seaport of
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German
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East
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Africa, lying opposite the
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island of
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Pemba in 5° 6' S., 390 7' E . The
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town is regularly laid out on elevated ground on the
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southern
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shore of
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Tanga
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Bay, and has a
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population of about 6000 . Among the public buildings are the
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administrator's
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residence, the
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hospital, the
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boma (
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barracks),
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Protestant and
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Catholic churches and the
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TANGANYIKA
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government and
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mission
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schools . Tanga is the
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port of the Usambara
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district, where are many thriving plantations . The
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harbour is entered by a broad channel five to eight fathoms deep . It is a port of
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call for the German
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mail steamers, and the starting-point of a railway to the Usambara
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highlands .

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