Tanzania August 17, 2021 Africa , AIDS , British colony , British Commonwealth , colony , Commonwealth , Dar es Salam , Dodoma , East Africa , excision , German colony , Indian Ocean , Kilimanjaro , Lac Malawi , lac Nyassa , Lake Tanganyika , Lake Victoria , Pemba , poverty , Republic , Rift , SADC , safari , Southern Africa , Tanganyika , Tanzania , tourism , Unguja , VIH , Zanzibar Official name United Republic of Tanzania Name in local language Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania (sw) Continent Africa Subcontinent East Africa Population (ranking: 23e ) 59,441,988 inhabitants (2021) Population growth 3.13 % / year Area 945,088 km² Density 62.90 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 79e )62.410 billions $USD (2020) GDP/capita (ranking ) 1,077 $USD (2020) GDP growth 2.00 % / year (2020) Life expectancy (ranking ) 66.70 years (2021) Birth rate 36.00 ‰ (2021) Fertility rate 4.91 children / woman (2021) Death rate (ranking ) 5.90 ‰ (2021) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 27.70 ‰ (2021) Literacy rate 87.31 % (2015) Official languages None. Kiswahili (swahili) and English de facto Currency Tanzanian shilling (TZS) HDI (ranking: 198e )0.529 / 1 (2019) EPI (ranking )50.83 (2018) Government Unitary presidential republic Head of State President Samia Suluhu National Day 26 April (Tanganyika and Zanzibar merger in 1964) ISO Codes TZ, TZA Demonym Tanzanian Tourists (ranking ) 1,275,000 people (2017)
Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordering the Indian Ocean. It is bordered to the north by Kenya and Uganda , to the west by Rwanda , Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo , to the southwest by Zambia and Malawi and to the south by Mozambique .
Mount Lengai, Tanzania. Photo: Clem23, Wikipedia Kilimanjaro, highest summit in Tanzania and Africa (5,892 meters) Dar es Salam, economic capital of Tanzania Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population Dar es Salam 5,572,776 inhabitants Mwanza 830,342 inhabitants Zanzibar 796,903 inhabitants Dodoma 571,629 inhabitants Arusha 466,892 inhabitants Mbeya 445,544 inhabitants Morogoro 359,670 inhabitants Tanga 286,690 inhabitants Kigoma 252,055 inhabitants Moshi 203,424 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions Population Area Arusha 2,104,074 inhabitants 37,576 km² Dar es Salam 5,401,814 inhabitants 1,393 km² Dodoma 2,647,410 inhabitants 41,311 km² Geita 2,434,800 inhabitants 20,054 km² Iringa 1,149,481 inhabitants 35,503 km² Kagera 3,238,347 inhabitants 25,265 km² Katavi 805,887 inhabitants 45,843 km² Kigoma 2,800,919 inhabitants 37,040 km² Kilimanjaro 1,951,252 inhabitants 13,250 km² Lindi 1,025,800 inhabitants 66,040 km² Manyara 1,873,105 inhabitants 44,522 km² Mara 2,391,845 inhabitants 21,760 km² Mbeya 2,204,543 inhabitants 35,954 km² Mjini Magharibi (Zanzibar Urban West) 733,914 inhabitants 230 km² Morogoro 2,730,058 inhabitants 70,624 km² Mtwara 1,478,874 inhabitants 16,710 km² Mwanza 3,826,573 inhabitants 9,467 km² Njombe 837,557 inhabitants 21,347 km² Pemba North 294,267 inhabitants 574 km² Pemba South 272,348 inhabitants 332 km² Pwani 1,325,852 inhabitants 32,547 km² Rukwa 1,270,049 inhabitants 22,792 km² Ruvuma 1,655,443 inhabitants 63,669 km² Shinyanga 1,993,589 inhabitants 18,901 km² Simiyu 2,304,228 inhabitants 25,212 km²
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