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''For other meanings, see [[Tanga (Portugal)]], [[Tanga (clothing)]] and [[Tanga (Movie)]].''

Early histories of a [[war]] typically describe the war as it was declared by the states involved. It is not uncommon for later historians to group together a series of wars over a long period or spread over several [[theater of war|theaters]] as part of a broader conflict or [[strategic]] campaign. The most familiar of these in the present day is probably the [[Cold War]], which included the [[Korean War]], [[Vietnam War]], and [[Afghan-Soviet War]], among others. These groupings provide useful context for the wars involved.

*[[264 BC]]-[[146 BC]] [[Punic Wars]]

'''Tanga''' is both the name of the most northerly [[seaport]] city of [[Tanzania]], and the surrounding region. A 2002 population of 242,640 makes Tanga Town one of the largest cities in the country. It is a quiet city compared to, for example, [[Arusha]] or [[Moshi]] with a comparable number of inhabitants.

*[[58 BC]]-[[50 BC]] [[Gallic Wars]]

*[[1296]]-[[1363]] [[Wars of Scottish Independence]]

*[[1494]]-[[1559]] [[Italian Wars]]

*[[1562]]-[[1598]] [[French Wars of Religion]]

*[[1637]]-[[1890]] [[Indian Wars]] (United States)

*[[1637]]-[[1652]] [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]]

*[[1648]]-[[1667]] [[The Deluge]]

*[[1689]]-[[1763]] [[French and Indian Wars]]

*[[1747]]-[[1793]] [[Ten Great Campaigns]]

*[[1754]]-[[1763]] [[Seven Years' War]]

*[[1754]]-[[1814]] [[Sixty Years' War]]

*[[1792]]-[[1802]] [[French Revolutionary Wars]]

*[[1792]]-[[1815]] [[Napoleonic Wars]]

*[[1838]]-[[1940]] [[The Great Game]]

*[[1848]]-[[1866]] [[Italian Independence wars]]

*[[1912]]-[[1913]] [[Balkan Wars]]

*[[1931]]-[[1945]] [[World War II]] {{fn|1}}, including the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], [[Winter War]] and [[Continuation War]]

*[[1945]]-[[1991]] [[Cold War]]

*[[1946]]-[[1979]] [[Indochina Wars]]

*[[1947]]-present [[Indo-Pakistani Wars]] and [[Kashmir]] conflict

*[[1948]]-present [[Arab-Israeli Conflict]]

*[[1980]]-present [[Gulf Wars]]

*[[1991]]-[[2001]] [[Yugoslav Wars]]

*[[1996]]-present [[Congo Civil War|Congo Wars]]

*[[2001]]-present [[War on Terror]]

Some [[left-wing]] analysts refer to all military activity by [[Western world|Western]] powers in the [[developing world]] since [[1492]] as a continuous "Imperialist War."

The harbour and surrounding is the centre of life in Tanga, with its hotels, bars and the only buildings with more than four floors. Tanga is stretched out several km² into the country. It has several markets in several neighbourhoods.

{{fnb|1}} [[Russia]] remains technically at war with [[Japan]].

== Neighborhoods ==

It is still possible, even it continue to change, to differentiate Tanga into the white area (Msungu : European), the Indian/Goan area and the black area.

1. The white area before (but still) was mostly Rascasone, it is still like this, but after international companies and organisations have escaped because [[Sisal]] was not anymore of interest, also the international employees have been reduced. Other people of African and Indian/Goan origin have taken over the houses of the white people living in Rascasone. One thing is still obvious; you still need money to live in Rascasone. The High commissioner, the head of the police force directors and all the VIP persons are living in Rascasone.

2. The Indian/Goan area stretches itself from the harbour to the railway station and as the railway as a natural boarder on one end and along the shore to the north.

3. The so-called black area is all behind the railroad stretching to the east were most the rural and poorest areas are settled.

== History ==

Tanga was chosen in [[1889]] as a military post of [[German East Africa]], and became a district office in [[1891]]. The local economy was based on [[sisal]], which had been brought to the colony several years earlier, and population in the area grew rapidly. The town was also established as the terminus of the [[Usambara]] railway line, which runs inland to [[Moshi]] at the foot of [[Kilimanjaro]].

As the coastal town closest to [[Kenya]], Tanga was on the front line at the outset of [[World War I]]. A British landing was thrown back on [[4 November]] [[1914]] in the [[Battle of Tanga]], and the town was not taken until [[7 July]] [[1916]].

== Reference ==

* [[Byron Farwell]], ''The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918'' ([[W. W. Norton]], 1986)

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