| Location: |
Eastern Africa, longitude 290 and 410 East and Latitude 10 and 120 South. It shares its borders with Tanzania is the largest nation in the East Africa, both in land area and population. |
| Land Area: |
883,749 sq.km (881,289 sq.km mainland 2,460 sq.km Zanzibar), plus lakes totaling 59,100 sq.km area. Tanzania is the largest country in Eastern Africa. |
| Nationality: |
Tanzanian |
| Topography: |
A narrow coastal belt with tropical beaches, plateau covered by savanna and bush at an elevation of about 1000m, A Rift Valley, basins, Hills, Mountains ans Creters. It has three major sea ports and various in fresh water lakes. |
| Capital: |
Dar-es-Salaam |
| Border countries: |
Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and the Indian Ocean with a coastline length of 1,424 km. |
| Time: |
Three hours ahead of GMT |
| Population: |
34.57mn including 984,625 in Zanzibar (2002 census),estimates for 2005 |
| Municipalities: |
Population in municipalities: Dar es Salaam (capital)
2.50mn, Arusha 0.80mn, Mwanza 0.48mn, Dodoma
0.76mn, Morogoro 0.49mn, Kilimanjaro 0.55mn, Mbeya
0.52mn, Iringa 0.35mn, Tanga 0.24mn, Zanzibar
(Unguja) 0.39mn |
| Population growth rate: |
3.31% (2005 est.) |
| Official languages: |
Swahili and English; others are 120 tribal |
| Death rate: |
12.8 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Climate: |
Tropical along the coast, semi-temperate inland.
Dar es Salaam weather: hottest month, January 23-320C;
coldest month, July,18-290C; driest month, September,
26mm average rainfall; wettest month, April 263mm
average rainfall. |
| Religions: |
Christianity and Islam |
| Currency: |
Tanzanian Shilling (TShs) |
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