United Republic of Tanzania
Jamhuri Ya Muungano wa Tanzania (Swahili)
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Location of Tanzania (dark blue)
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Capital | Dodoma | ||||
Largest city | Dar es Salaam | ||||
Official languages | none de jure | ||||
National language | Swahili | ||||
Other languages | English | ||||
Demonym | Tanzanian | ||||
Government | Unitary presidential republic | ||||
John Pombe Magufuli | |||||
• VP
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Samia Suluhu | ||||
Kassim Majaliwa | |||||
• Speaker
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Job Ndugai | ||||
Mohamed Chande Othman | |||||
Legislature | National Assembly | ||||
Independence from the United Kingdom | |||||
9 December 1961 | |||||
10 December 1963 | |||||
• Merger
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26 April 1964 | ||||
• Current constitution
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25 April 1977 | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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947,303 km2 (365,756 sq mi) (31st) | ||||
• Water (%)
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6.4 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2014 estimate
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51,820,000 (28th) | ||||
• 2012 census
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44,928,923 | ||||
• Density
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47.5/km2 (123.0/sq mi) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$150.633 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$3,097 | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$46.695 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$960 | ||||
Gini (2012) | 37.8 medium |
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HDI (2014) |
0.521 low · 151st |
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Currency | Tanzanian shilling (TZS) | ||||
Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) | ||||
Drives on the | left | ||||
Calling code | +255 | ||||
ISO 3166 code | TZ | ||||
Internet TLD | .tz | ||||
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Coordinates: 6°18′25″S 34°51′14″E / 6.307°S 34.854°E
in Africa (light blue subregion=the African Union)
Tanzania /ˌtænzəˈniːə/, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: 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. It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south; and by the Indian Ocean to the east. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania.