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

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