 Tanzania
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
6 00 S, 35 00 E |
| Area |
total: 945,087 sq km land: 886,037 sq km water: 59,050 sq km note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar |
| Climate |
varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands |
| Terrain |
plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south |
| Population |
39,384,223 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages |
| Imports |
consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil |
| Exports |
gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton |
| Hazards |
flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought |
| Resources |
hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel |
| Geography |
Kilimanjaro is highest point in Africa; bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent: Lake Victoria (the world's second-largest freshwater lake) in the north, Lake Tanganyika (the world's second deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa in the southwest |
| Nationality |
noun: Tanzanian(s) adjective: Tanzanian |
| Capital |
name: Dar es Salaam geographic coordinates: 6 48 S, 39 17 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on a regular basis |
| Internet Country Code |
.tz |
| Internet Users |
333,000 (2005) |
|
