Tanzania
republic,sovereign state,country| Part of | East Africa  |
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| Year dem found am | 26 April 1964 |
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| Official name | République unie de Tanzanie |
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| Native label | Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania,United Republic of Tanzania |
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| Ethnic group | Bantu people |
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| Participant insyd | Uganda–Tanzania War |
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| Dem name after | Tanganyika,Zanzibar Islands |
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| Official language | Swahili,English |
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| Anthem | Mungu ibariki Afrika |
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| Culture | culture of Tanzania |
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| Motto | Freedom and Unity |
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| Continent | Africa |
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| Country | Tanzania |
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| Capital | Dodoma |
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| Located in time zone | UTC+03:00,East Africa Time,Africa/Dar_es_Salaam |
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| Coordinate location | 6°18′25″S 34°51′14″E |
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| Coordinates of easternmost point | 7°38′23″S 39°54′28″E |
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| Coordinates of northernmost point | 0°59′8″S 30°46′7″E |
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| Coordinates of southernmost point | 11°45′39″S 36°31′12″E |
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| Coordinates of westernmost point | 6°14′13″S 29°43′22″E |
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| Highest point | Mount Kibo |
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| Lowest point | Indian Ocean |
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| Office held by head of state | President of Tanzania |
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| State ein head | Samia Suluhu Hassan |
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| Office head of government hold | President of Tanzania |
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| Government ein head | Samia Suluhu Hassan |
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| Executive body | Cabinet of Tanzania |
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| Legislative body | National Assembly |
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| Central bank | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Currency | Tanzanian shilling |
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| Driving side | left |
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| Electrical plug type | AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types,BS 1363 |
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| Dey replace | Tanganyika,People's Republic of Zanzibar |
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| Dema official website | https://www.tanzania.go.tz/ |
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| Hashtag | Tanzania |
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| Top-level Internet domain | .tz |
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| Flag | flag of Tanzania |
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| Coat of arms | coat of arms of Tanzania |
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| Geography of topic | geography of Tanzania |
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| Get characteristic | partly free country |
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| History of topic | history of Tanzania |
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| most populous urban area | Dar es Salaam |
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| Open data portal | Tanzania data portal |
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| Economy of topic | economy of Tanzania |
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| Demographics of topic | demographics of Tanzania |
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| Mobile country code | 640 |
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| Country calling code | +255 |
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| Emergency phone number | 112,114,115 |
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| GS1 country code | 620 |
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| Licence plate code | EAT |
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| Maritime identification digits | 674,677 |
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| Unicode character | 🇹🇿 |
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| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Tanzania |
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| Commonwealth Sport country code | TAN |
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Tanzania, officially deUnited Republic of Tanzania, be country insyd East Africa within de African Great Lakes region. Ebe bordered byUganda to de northwest;Kenya to de northeast; de Indian Ocean to de east;Mozambique denMalawi to de south;Zambia to de southwest; denRwanda,Burundi, den deDemocratic Republic of the Congo to de west. According to de 2024 national census, Tanzania get a population of around 67,5 million, wey dey make am de most populous country wey dey locate entirely south of de equator.
Etymology
Na dem create de name Tanzania as a clipped compound of de names of de two states wey dem unify make dem create de country: Tanganyika den Zanzibar.[1] Edey consist of de first three letters of de names of de two states ("Tan" den "Zan") den de suffix "-ia."
Dem derive de name Tanganyika from de Swahili wordstanga "sail" dennyika "uninhabited plain, wilderness", wey dey create de phrase "sail in the wilderness". Dem sam times dey understand am as a reference to Lake Tanganyika.[2]
De name of Zanzibar dey derive fromZanj, de name of a local people (said to mean "black"), den Arabicbarr "coast" anaa "shore."[3]
Demographics
| Largest cities anaa towns insyd Tanzania 2012 Census General Report, March 2013 Combined Final for Printing |
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| Rank | Name | Region | Pop. |
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| 1 | Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam | 4,364,541 |
| 2 | Mwanza | Mwanza | 706,543 |
| 3 | Arusha | Arusha | 416,442 |
| 4 | Dodoma | Dodoma | 410,956 |
| 5 | Mbeya | Mbeya | 385,279 |
| 6 | Morogoro | Morogoro | 315,866 |
| 7 | Tanga | Tanga | 273,332 |
| 8 | Kahama | Shinyanga | 242,208 |
| 9 | Tabora | Tabora | 226,999 |
| 10 | Zanzibar City | Zanzibar West | 223,033 |
References
- ↑Harper, Douglas."tanzania".Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ↑John Knouse: A Political World Gazetteer: AfricaArchived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine website accessed 1 May 2007.
- ↑Harper, Douglas."zanzibar".Online Etymology Dictionary.
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