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 Vijibweni Street, Upangais <br>
 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania<br>
-:The National Archives of Tanzania was established on 1916. The German colonial government was part of the source of keeping records on Tanzania. During its colonial period, the German government ordered all vital records to be collected and kept.
+:The Tanzania National Archives (TNA) system comprises a '''headquarters in Dar es Salaam''' and '''six regional branch offices located in Mbeya, Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma, Tanga, and Singida.'''
+:The three major groups of materials retained within the TNA system are records from '''German colonial times (pre-1916/17), the British records (pre-1962)''', and records from various levels of government and administration of '''post-independence Tanzania (Tanganyika)'''. A considerable number of post-1962 records originating from local level government and administration have also been moved to Dar es Salaam.<ref>"The Tanzania National Archives''', Cambridge University Press, https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/history-in-africa/article/abs/tanzania-national-archives/12CE433B80303E07EE56E2864634B0B7, accessed 2 February 2023.</ref>
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 '''Endangered Archives'''