(tan′gən·yē′kə, tang′-)
A region of Tanzania in eastern Africa; 361,800 square miles; capital, Dar es Salaam.

(tan′gən·yē′kə, tang′-), Lake
A lake in the Great Rift Valley of east central Africa, SW of Victoria Nyanza; 12,700 square miles; 400 miles long; the longest and deepest (4,700 feet) lake in Africa, second deepest fresh–water body in the world.