Tanzania is partly in Southern Africa.
The East African Community ( EAC ) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of six countries in the African Great Lakes region in eastern Africa : Burundi , Kenya , Rwanda , South Sudan , Tanzania , and Uganda . Tanzania [ ˌtænzəˈniːə ] , officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania ) , is a country in Eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region . Parts of the country are in Southern Africa .